The Masculinization of the Time Devoted to Routine Domestic Tasks

This article focuses on changes in the distribution of housework between men and women. The main hypothesis suggests that the trend for a greater participation by men to domestic work does not lead to a reduction in the time that women devote to domestic tasks, especially the more routine ones. Base...

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Authors: Moreno Colom, Sara|||0000-0001-5041-5966, Ajenjo, Marc|||0000-0002-6912-6264, Borràs Català, Vicent|||0000-0002-2733-8373
Format: article
Publication Date:2018
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repository:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:204494
Online Access:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/204494
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5477/cis/reis.163.41
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Gender
Masculinities
Dual-Income Couples
Time
Housework
Género
Masculinidades
Parejas de doble ingreso
Tiempo
Trabajo doméstico
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Summary:This article focuses on changes in the distribution of housework between men and women. The main hypothesis suggests that the trend for a greater participation by men to domestic work does not lead to a reduction in the time that women devote to domestic tasks, especially the more routine ones. Based on the Time Use Survey (INE), this paper analyses the case of heterosexual dual-income couples. It uses the change in the time devoted to housework (according to its classification into four groups of activities) as the dependent variable. The results show that the unequal distribution and segregation of domestic work between men and women remains although a decrease is seen in these differences.