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Gendered Housework. A Cross-European Analysis.

In: Sociológia - Slovak Sociological Review, vol. 39, no. 6
Bogdan Voicu - Mălina Voicu - Katarína Strapcová
Detaily:
Rok, strany: 2007, 502 - 521
Kľúčové slová:
Housework; gender roles; Europe; EQLS; multilevel analysis
Typ článku: štúdia / study
O článku:
Gendered Housework. A Cross-European Analysis. The paper focuses on the factors which influence the sharing of domestic work in European countries. Many previous studies have offered explanations on the individual level, taking into account only individual characteristics when predicting a spouse’s contribution to chores. Using multilevel regression models, we try to combine individual-level and country-level factors in order to draw an explanatory model for the gendered sharing of housework within couples across European societies. The analysis provides support for most of the theories we have tested. The resource theory and the dependency/bargaining hypothesis were confirmed: in a couple, when one of the partners has more resources or a better status, the other spouse uses relatively more hours for the housework. On the other hand, religious and gender values play an important role: the more secular and more oriented towards gender equality a couple is in thinking, the more equally the partners share their housework. However, on average, all over the world, women spend more hours on housework than men do. The country-level indicators seem to be less important, but societies which are more affluent, less materialist societies, post-communist societies, societies where women are more present in public life, and those where Catholicism is not the dominant religion are characterized by a more equalitarian sharing of the housework. Sociológia 2007, Vol. 39 (No. 6: 502-521)
Gendered Housework. A Cross-European Analysis. The paper focuses on the factors which influence the sharing of domestic work in European countries. Many previous studies have offered explanations on the individual level, taking into account only individual characteristics when predicting a spouse’s contribution to chores. Using multilevel regression models, we try to combine individual-level and country-level factors in order to draw an explanatory model for the gendered sharing of housework within couples across European societies. The analysis provides support for most of the theories we have tested. The resource theory and the dependency/bargaining hypothesis were confirmed: in a couple, when one of the partners has more resources or a better status, the other spouse uses relatively more hours for the housework. On the other hand, religious and gender values play an important role: the more secular and more oriented towards gender equality a couple is in thinking, the more equally the partners share their housework. However, on average, all over the world, women spend more hours on housework than men do. The country-level indicators seem to be less important, but societies which are more affluent, less materialist societies, post-communist societies, societies where women are more present in public life, and those where Catholicism is not the dominant religion are characterized by a more equalitarian sharing of the housework. Sociológia 2007, Vol. 39 (No. 6: 502-521)
Ako citovať:
ISO 690:
Voicu, B., Voicu, M., Strapcová, K. 2007. Gendered Housework. A Cross-European Analysis.. In Sociológia - Slovak Sociological Review, vol. 39, no.6, pp. 502-521. 0049-1225.

APA:
Voicu, B., Voicu, M., Strapcová, K. (2007). Gendered Housework. A Cross-European Analysis.. Sociológia - Slovak Sociological Review, 39(6), 502-521. 0049-1225.