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Children's contributions to household activities in single‐parent and two‐parent families
Author(s) -
LOVETT SUSAN B.,
ABDELGHANY MOHAMED
Publication year - 1988
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.1470-6431.1988.tb00477.x
Subject(s) - yard , psychology , work (physics) , environmental health , demographic economics , demography , medicine , sociology , economics , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics
Differences in children's contributions to total household work, food preparation, dishwashing, shopping, housecleaning, and the maintenance of home, yard, car and pets were examined. Differences due to the impact of age and sex of the child as well as the employment status of the homemaker were also analysed.