Class, gender, and the division of domestic labour in dual-earner households

In this thesis an analysis was undertaken to see whether or not there are gender differences in the division of domestic labour, with special concern for the possible effects of class location in explaining or specifying this relationship. Unlike most previous studies, only dual-earner couples were considered. It was thought that an analysis involving dual-earner couples would provide a clearer assessment of class and gender differences, because we would expect the division of domestic labour to be most equitable in such families.;The data examined for this thesis come from the 1992 Canadian General Social Survey Cycle 7. The results indicated that with or without control variables on class and the other variables, women still perform the majority of domestic labour. As well, class is found not to be a strong predictor of who performs the division of household labour, especially in comparison to gender. The results also suggest that the class location of women should not be ignored in analyses looking at the division of domestic labour.