| Author: | Presser, H. |
| Title: | Employment schedules among dual-earner spouses and the division of household labor by gender |
| Journal: | American Sociological Review
1994 : JUN, VOL. 59:3, p. 348-364 |
| Index terms: | EMPLOYMENT SCHEDULING LABOUR |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The author extends the research on how employment schedules affect family life and which factors determine a husband's share in household labor. The author presents a new specification of the concept of "available time" among dual-earner couples - the amount of overlap (in hours) in spouses' employment schedules and whether a spouse works day, evening, night or rotating shifts. The author shows that variations in employment schedules are significant determinants of a husband's share in traditionally female household tasks. |
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