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Ideological Beliefs About Family Practices: Contemporary Perspectives Among North Indian Families
Author(s) -
Suppal Preeti G.,
Roopnarine Jaipaul L.,
Buesig Trace,
Bennett Alan
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
international journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1464-066X
pISSN - 0020-7594
DOI - 10.1080/002075996401197
Subject(s) - ideology , wife , wage , division of labour , nuclear family , psychology , function (biology) , social psychology , sociology , demographic economics , gender studies , political science , labour economics , economics , law , politics , evolutionary biology , anthropology , biology
Ninety‐two dual‐wage and 103 single‐wage Indian families with a preschool‐age child residing in extended and nuclear households provided assessments regarding their beliefs about the division of household chores, financial responsibilities, childcare, and filial obligations. Analysis focused on possible differences in belief structures that may be attributed to the gender of the parent, family structural living arrangement, and maternal employment outside of the home. Husbands and wives did not differ in ideological beliefs on any of the components assessed, but differences did emerge as a function of family structural arrangements and whether or not the wife worked outside of the home. Data are discussed in terms of possible changes in ideological beliefs about family functions and practices and the broader socio‐cultural factors operating within Indian society.