Who Has the Time? The Relationship between Household Labor Time and Sexual Frequency

Autor/inn/en	Gager, Constance T.; Yabiku, Scott T.
Titel	Who Has the Time? The Relationship between Household Labor Time and Sexual Frequency
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Issues, 31 (2010) 2, S.135-163 (29 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-513X
DOI	10.1177/0192513X09348753
Schlagwörter	Employed Women; Family Work Relationship; Housework; Home Management; Time; Resource Allocation; Incidence; Sexuality; Marriage; Marital Satisfaction; Females; Needs Assessment; National Survey of Families and Households + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Female employment; Women''s employment'; Frauenbeschäftigung; Hausarbeit; Haushaltswesen; Zeit; Ressourcenallokation; Vorkommen; Sexualität; Ehe; Weibliches Geschlecht; Bedarfsermittlung
Abstract	Motivated by the trend of women spending more time in paid labor and the general speedup of everyday life, the authors explore whether the resulting time crunch affects sexual frequency among married couples. Although prior research has examined the associations between relationship quality and household labor time, few have examined a dimension of relationship quality that requires time: sexual frequency. This study tests three hypotheses based on time availability, gender ideology, and a new multiple-spheres perspective using the National Survey of Families and Households. The results contradict the hypothesis that time spent on household labor reduces the opportunity for sex. The authors find support for the multiple-spheres hypothesis suggesting that both women and men who "work hard" also "play hard." Results show that wives and husbands who spend more hours in housework and paid work report more frequent sex. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10