Outsourcing the Gender Factory: Living Arrangements and Service Expenditures on Female and Male Tasks

Autor/inn/en	de Ruijter, Esther; Treas, Judith K.; Cohen, Philip N.
Titel	Outsourcing the Gender Factory: Living Arrangements and Service Expenditures on Female and Male Tasks
Quelle	In: Social Forces, 84 (2005) 1, S.305-322 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7732
Schlagwörter	Consumer Economics; Females; Expenditures; Services; Housework; Sex Role; Marital Status; Gender Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Konsumökonomie; Weibliches Geschlecht; Ausgaben; Dienstleistung; Hausarbeit; Geschlechterrolle; Familienstand; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	Using data from the U.S. Consumer Expenditure Survey 1998, this study analyzes how much money different types of households spend for domestic services on "female" and "male" tasks. We test alternative hypotheses based on economic and sociological theories of gender differentiation. Contrary to arguments that marriage lowers the risk to one partner of specializing in housework, we find no differences in service expenditures between cohabiting and married couples. Consistent with gender production arguments that the household context shapes behavior, single women outspend couples across the board. Single men, however, reveal spending behavior more consistent with gender socialization. Comparing single men and single women points to the gendered nature of the tasks as an important aspect of domestic service expenditures. (Contains 5 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10