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Perceived Equity in the Gendered Division of Household Labor
Author(s) -
Braun Michael,
LewinEpstein Noah,
Stier Haya,
Baumgärtner Miriam K
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of marriage and family
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 159
eISSN - 1741-3737
pISSN - 0022-2445
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00556.x
Subject(s) - division of labour , injustice , inequality , equity (law) , gender inequality , feeling , economics , ideology , general social survey , perception , wage , demographic economics , gender equity , labour economics , sociology , social psychology , psychology , political science , mathematical analysis , mathematics , neuroscience , politics , law , market economy
Despite huge imbalances in the division of housework between women and men, previous studies have found perceptions of equity on the part of women to be much more frequent than feelings of injustice. Taking a comparative perspective on the basis of International Social Survey Program (ISSP) 2002 data ( N = 8,556), we find that, on the individual level, the explanatory frameworks that have been found to influence the actual inequality of household division of labor (time availability, resource dependence, and gender ideology) contribute to the explanation of perceptions of equity, in that they interact with the inequality of the household division of labor. On the country level, the gender‐wage ratio and the average level of inequality are important predictors.