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Title: Occupational Sex Composition and Gendered Housework Performance: Compensation or Conventionality?

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2017

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Abstract: This article examines the association between occupational sex composition and housework, considering total housework time, time on male-typed and female-typed tasks, and the percent of total time spent on male and female tasks. Previous research examining male- and female-typed chores independent of total housework suggests that couples compensate for gender-atypical employment through gender-typical housework performance, but this analysis of the National Survey of Families and Households (1992-1994) and the American Time Use Survey (2003-2013) demonstrates that assuming a quadratic association and failing to contextualize gendered housework performance within total housework performance obscures the true relationship between occupation and housework. In fact, women and men in gender-atypical occupations perform a more gender-atypical combination of chores. The influence of gender deviance neutralization in the housework literature may overshadow alternative explanations and model specifications. In particular, by assuming a quadratic association, researchers may impose, rather than test, gender deviance neutralization.

Url: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jomf.12381/abstract

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Authors: McClintock, Elizabeth A

Periodical (Full): Journal of Marriage and Family

Issue: 2

Volume: 79

Pages: 475-510

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