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Family resources related to wife's time inputs to housework
Author(s) -
SCHRAM VICKI R.,
HAFSTROM JEANNE L.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of consumer studies and home economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.775
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1470-6431
pISSN - 0309-3891
DOI - 10.1111/j.1470-6431.1986.tb00122.x
Subject(s) - wife , rothschild , perception , psychology , maximization , demographic economics , family income , economics , social psychology , demography , sociology , economic growth , geography , political science , archaeology , neuroscience , law
This study investigates the relationship of family resources to the wife's time spent in housework. Safilios‐Rothschild's inventory of resources was used as a guide in selecting variables to understand utility maximization in time use. Results indicate that the number of hours the wife spent in housework increased as the number of hours spent working outside the home decreased, family size increased and her perception that income was adequate decreased. More time also was spent if she had a chronic health condition which worried her. Implications discussed included those for further research to investigate the relationship of sex roles to housework attitudes and behaviours.