Sex Role Orientation and the Household Work Time of Husbands and Wives in Seoul and Taejon

서울시와 대전시 거주 부부의 성역할태도와 가사노동시간

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of sex role orientation on the amount of household work time by husbands and wives in Seoul and Taejon. The data were collected from 100 couples in Seoul and 142 in Tadjon. The Major finding were as follows: 1. Taejon did not differed from Seoul in sex role orientation of the couples. 2. Sex role orientation of wife was related to the amount of time that husband spent on meal preparation and cleanup, clothing care, and child care. 3. Total household work time by husbands in Taejon was affected by the sex role orientation of himself, but the couples in Seoul and the wife in Taejon was not.