Persistent Policy Effects on the Division of Domestic Tasks in Reunified Germany

Autor/in	Cooke, Lynn Prince
Titel	Persistent Policy Effects on the Division of Domestic Tasks in Reunified Germany
Quelle	In: Journal of Marriage and Family, 69 (2007) 4, S.930-950 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2445
DOI	10.1111/j.1741-3737.2007.00422.x
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Sex Fairness; Housework; Fathers; Child Care; Longitudinal Studies; Predictor Variables; Parent Participation; Marriage; Family Environment; Influences; Public Policy; Spouses; Social Environment; Sex Role; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sexualaufklärung; Hausarbeit; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Prädiktor; Elternmitwirkung; Ehe; Familienmilieu; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Öffentliche Ordnung; Ehepartner; Soziales Umfeld; Geschlechterrolle; Deutschland
Abstract	We are only beginning to unravel the mechanisms by which the division of domestic tasks varies in its sociopolitical context. Selecting couples from the German SocioEconomic Panel who married between 1990 and 1995 in the former East and West regions of Germany and following them until 2000 (N= 348 couples), I find evidence of direct, interaction, and contextual effects predicting husbands' hours in and share of household tasks but not child care. East German men perform a greater share of household tasks than West German men after controlling for individual attributes and regional factors. Child care remains more gendered, and the first child's age proves the most important predictor of fathers' involvement. These findings further our understanding of how the state shapes gender equity in the home. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10