| This thesis seeks to isolate the factors related to married men's and women's time use in housework and child care, on the basis of the 1992 General Social Survey. Specifically, I test the social structural and power hypotheses on the determinants of men's and women's time use in family work.;The results of my descriptive analysis confirm that domestic work differs considerably for men and women both by type of activity and by duration. Women are much more likely to spend time on housework activities that demand immediate attention such as cleaning and cooking. Men spend the majority of their housework time in meal preparation and general yard maintenance and repair. The vast majority of women performed some housework on a given day, while 25 percent of the men did no housework at all. For child care, the sex difference was substantial, as women spent more time in child care activities.;The findings from the multivariate analysis indicate that hours spent in paid labour affect both men's and women's time in housework and child care. Women are affected by their husbands' paid labour and make accommodations by spending more time in housework and child care. Men, however, are not affected by their wives' time spent in paid labour, which suggests that they do not make accommodations in terms of household duties. Lastly men's and women's time in housework and child care are both affected by the presence of children in the home. (Abstract shortened by UMI.). |
