Interactive Effects of Wives' and Husbands' Gender Idelogies on the Couples' Household Work Time and Perceptions of the Fairness of Household Work

부부의 성역할태도가 부부의 가사노동시간 및 노동공평성 인지에 미치는 상호작용적 영향력

  • 차성란 (대전대학교 가정관리학과)
  • Published : 1998.09.01

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine interactive effects of gender idelogies on the amount of household work time and the perception of fairness in household work by the couples. The data were collected from 100 couples in Seoul and 142 in Taejon. The Major findings were as follows: Interactive effects of gender idelogies had an important role in explaining household work time and the perception of fairness by husbands. For men holding more egalitarian gender idelogies who were married to women being more egalitarian tend to perform more hours of household work. And husbands who had traditional gender ideologies percept relatively fair to the couples' division of household work. It was approved that wives had a primary role in the division of household work.

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