Perceived equity in the gendered division of household labor
Journal
Journal of Marriage and Family
ISSN
0022-2445
ISSN-Digital
1741-3737
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2008-11-21
Author(s)
Abstract
Despite huge imbalances in the division of housework between women and men, previous studies have found perceptions of equity on the part of women to be much more frequent than feelings of injustice. Taking a comparative perspective on the basis of International Social Survey Program (ISSP) 2002 data (N = 8,556), we find that, on the individual level, the explanatory frameworks that have been found to influence the actual inequality of household division of labor (time availability, resource dependence, and gender ideology) contribute to the explanation of perceptions of equity, in that they interact with the inequality of the household division of labor. On the country level, the gender-wage ratio and the average level of inequality are important predictors.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher place
Oxford
Volume
70
Number
5
Start page
1145
End page
1156
Pages
12
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
56971