Dividing the domestic : men, women, and household work in cross-national perspective

Publication Data

• Title Dividing the domestic : men, women, and household work in cross-national perspective
• Contributors Judith Treas, Sonja Drobnič
• Publisher Stanford University Press
• Publication date 2010
• Publication location Stanford, Calif.
• Language English

Contents

Why study housework? / Judith Treas
Trends in housework / Liana C. Sayer
Women's employment and housework / Tanja van der Lippe
The politics of housework / Lynn Prince Cooke
Can state policies produce equality in housework? / Shirley Dex
Economic inequality and housework / Sanjiv Gupta ... [et al.]
Cultural and institutional contexts / Birgit Pfau-Effinger
Beliefs about maternal employment / Maria Charles and Erin Cech
The institution of marriage / Carrie Yodanis
Pair relationships and housework / Karl Alexander Röhler and Johannes Huinink
Men's and women's reports about housework / Claudia Geist
Concluding thoughts on the societal context of housework / Sonja Drobnič.

Topics

• Sex role :: Cross-cultural studies
• Sexual division of labor :: Cross-cultural studies
• Housekeeping :: Social aspects :: Cross-cultural studies

Dividing the domestic : men, women, and household work in cross-national perspective. ISBN 9780804763578. Published by Stanford University Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.