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Title: Solo Dance? Gender Differences in Housework among Solo Households in the United States
Citation Type: Miscellaneous
Publication Year: 2023
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DOI: 10.31235/OSF.IO/9MRUH
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Abstract: This study investigates the gender difference in housework activities among never-married American women and men living solo (one-person households), using 2005-2019 nationally representative data from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS). We find that women in solo households spend more time on housework and old women and men spend more time on it, compared to their younger counterparts. Results also show that education only plays a modest role in time use in solo households, contrary to the negative association of education among partnered women and men. Our findings that influences of economic resources on housework are gender-neutral in solo households suggest dyadic interactions and processes gender resources – more than women’s resources being discounted when they enter a relationship. And gender socialization – and engagement in behaviors coded as feminine – may be more acceptable for younger adults living alone.
Url: https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/9mruh/
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Authors: Cheng, Hao-Chun
Publisher: SocArXiv
Data Collections: IPUMS Time Use - ATUS
Topics: Gender
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