Gender and fairness: marital satisfaction in two-earner couples
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The effect of the family division of labor on marital satisfaction among dual-income couples was investigated. Data from 382 two-earner married couples were analyzed to determine whether value preferences for the balance of power, gender division and perceptions of empathy and equity affect the relationship between division of labor and marital satisfaction. Results showed that conventional division of both paid and domestic work has positive and negative effects on marital satisfaction and that undervaluing the spouse's contributions reduces marital satisfaction.
Publication Name: Journal of Marriage and the Family
Subject: Family and marriage
ISSN: 0022-2445
Year: 1998
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Working hard and hardly working: domestic labor and marital satisfaction among dual-earner couples
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Research is presented describing the study of dual-income married couples to measure relationship satisfaction in relation to the help received from each other concerning everyday chores, such as housework and child-care.
Publication Name: Journal of Marriage and Family
Subject: Family and marriage
ISSN: 0022-2445
Year: 2001
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