The division of gender roles in female breadwinner couples in the United States and Spain
Female breadwinner (FBw) families are unusual and represent an atypical allocation of roles in the household. Beginning with the recession period in 2007, an incremental increase in the proportion of FBw couples has been observed, especially in Spain. The aim of this paper is to study FBw couples an...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:236787 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/236787 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5477/cis/reis.170.73 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Mercado laboral Parejas de mujer sustentadora Roles de género Uso del tiempo Female breadwinner Gender roles Time use |
| Sumario: | Female breadwinner (FBw) families are unusual and represent an atypical allocation of roles in the household. Beginning with the recession period in 2007, an incremental increase in the proportion of FBw couples has been observed, especially in Spain. The aim of this paper is to study FBw couples and their division of gender roles in two countries with different evolutions of this kind of family arrangement: the US and Spain. This study reveals that FBw couples are more egalitarian than other types of couples and that FBw couples have changed significantly in Spain, whereas their characteristics have been more stable in the US. Regarding couples' allocation of time, there is a reversal in the gender gap in the US in terms of time spent in housework with men doing more. In Spain, there is no reversal, and women still do more housework even when they are the only employed member of a couple. In both countries, men in FBw families provide more childcare than women. |
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