Gender Stereotype and the Subjective Well-being among Older Adults in China

• In Event: 4266 - Section on Aging and the Life Course Refereed Roundtables
  In Refereed Roundtable 100min: 6. Gender and Sexuality

Abstract

The division of household labors is related to subjective well-being of both men and women. Generally, sexists are more likely to maintain the traditional division of housework that women are responsible for most housework. Egalitarians advocate the equal division of housework between men and women. Previous studies show that egalitarians report better subjective well-being than sexists. In this paper, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) is used to examine whether such association is supported among the elderly in Mainland China in the context of urban-rural difference. The results indicate that egalitarianism is positively related to subjective well-being. Routine housework is positively associated with subjective well-being. Furthermore, the effects of egalitarianism on the subjective well-being for rural respondents are lower than their urban counterparts.

Authors

• Chengming Han, Case Western Reserve University

• Weidi Qin, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University