Divided Time
Gender, Paid Employment and Domestic Labour
Richard Layte(Author)
Ashgate Publishing Limited
Published on 11. January 1999
Book
Hardback
206 pages
978-1-84014-397-3 (ISBN)
Description
This text begins with a review of other theoretical and empirical research on domestic work in Britain and North America. The main conclusion being that previous quantitative studies have been handicapped by inadequate theoretical models of how domestic work is allocated. Seeking to rectify this, the first chapter outlines a model and lays out some formal hypotheses for chapter's ahead. The main idea is that we cannot understand how domestic work gets done by simply looking at partners present material circumstances. Partner's gender ideologies are important, but even these must be seen in the light of people's past work history and life circumstances. The following chapters examine the relationship between partners' attitudes and specifically whose attitudes are related to what actually gets done in households. Carrying on the project outlined in the first chapter, the book then shows how present attitudes and practices are related to the partners' individual and marital history. Finally, it examines what effect the domestic division of labour has on the female partner's satisfaction with domestic life.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
figures, tables, appendices, bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 159 mm
Width: 224 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84014-397-3 (9781840143973)
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Content
The theoretical context - in search of a usable framework; measuring the household division of labour; a preliminary model of partners' time contributions to household labour; establishing the pattern of attitudes toward men's and women's work roles; the relationship between attitudes toward gender roles and domestic work practices; partners' satisfaction with and conflict over the domestic division of labour.