Always the women? Values and housework division in a comparative perspective

This article explores how attitudes and behaviors toward housework vary across countries and among individuals, focusing on gender roles. Using data from the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP), specifically its Family and Changing Gender Roles module, the study employs multilevel analysis...

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Autores: Picanço, Felícia, Covre-Sussai, Maira, Sento-Sé, Isadora Vianna, Araújo, Clara
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Brasil
Institución:Fundação Carlos Chagas (FCC)
Repositorio:Cadernos de Pesquisa (Fundação Carlos Chagas. Online)
Idioma:portugués
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OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.publicacoes.fcc.org.br:article/10796
Acceso en línea:https://publicacoes.fcc.org.br/cp/article/view/10796
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Desigualdade
Relações de Gênero
Divisão Sexual do Trabalho
Trabalho Doméstico
Inequality
Gender Relations
Sexual Division of Labor
Domestic Work
Desigualdad
Relaciones de Género
División Sexual del Trabajo
Trabajo Doméstico
Inégalités
Relations de Genre
Division Sexuelle du Travail
Travail Domestique
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Sumario:This article explores how attitudes and behaviors toward housework vary across countries and among individuals, focusing on gender roles. Using data from the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP), specifically its Family and Changing Gender Roles module, the study employs multilevel analysis to examine responses from 41 countries across different continents. The findings reveal that factors such as gender, education, working hours, religion, and religiousness influence attitudes and practices related to domestic labor. Moreover, while national contexts play a role in shaping gender values, there is notable uniformity across countries in actual practices concerning the sexual division of housework.