Still Women’s Work: Household Labor in the First Decade of the 21st Century

• In Event: 381 - Section on the Sociology of the Family Refereed Roundtable Session and Business Meeting
  In Refereed Roundtable 60min: Table 06. Gender and Housework

Abstract

Research on the causes and consequences of egalitarianism blossomed in the last decades, in part due to the availability of data. Yet newer representative data sets are scarce, so it has been difficult to judge whether the relationship between egalitarianism and other household characteristics has changed. To address this concern, in 2014 the first author surveyed a nationally representative sample of heterosexual married couples in the United States. Respondents reported their own and spouse’s time spent doing housework in a given week. Results confirm previous findings regarding the division of household labor, the impact of gender ideology, and sexual frequency.

Authors

• Sabino Kornrich, Emory University

• Michael Patrick Vaughn, Emory University

• Katrina Leupp, Washington State University