scholarly journals Work and Family Variables as Related to Paternal Engagement, Responsibility, and Accessibility in Dual-Earner Couples with Young Children

2003 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Nangle ◽  
Michelle Kelley ◽  
William Fals-Stewart ◽  
Ronald Levant
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Dual Earner ◽  
Family Variables ◽  
Paternal Engagement

scholarly journals Gender Differences in Identities and Their Sociostructural Correlates: How Gendered Lives Shape Parental and Work Identities

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (13) ◽  
pp. 1852-1877 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Gaunt ◽  
Jacqueline Scott
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Paid Work ◽  
Work Identity ◽  
Dual Earner ◽  
Identity Centrality ◽  
Parental Identity ◽  
Moderating Role

This study draws on identity theory to explore parental and work identities. It examined gender differences in identities, as well as the moderating role of gender in the effects of individuals’ sociostructural characteristics. A sample of 148 couples with young children completed extensive questionnaires. As hypothesized, couples’ paid-work strategy moderated gender differences in the salience and centrality of parental and work identities. Whereas significant differences in identities were found between stay-at-home mothers and their breadwinning husbands, no differences were found among dual-earner couples. Moreover, men’s work identity centrality increased when they had more and younger children, whereas women’s work identity centrality decreased. Finally, men’s parental identity centrality increased with their income, whereas women’s parental identity centrality decreased the more they earned. These findings attest to the importance of examining differences within as well as between genders, by taking into account the interactive effects of gender with other sociostructural characteristics.

scholarly journals Gender-specific patterns and determinants of spillover between work and family: The role of partner support in dual-earner couples

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-98
Author(s):  
Ayhan Adams ◽  
Katrin Golsch
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Equation Models ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Partner Support ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Family Conflicts ◽  
Dual Earner ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Gender Specific

Objective: The study investigates how partner support affects different types of work-to-family and family-to-work conflicts in dual-earner couples divided by gender and parenthood. Background: In Germany, as in other Western Countries, interrole conflicts between work and family increase, especially within dual-earner couples. Only few studies focused on the effects of partner support on different types of these conflicts. Method: We use longitudinal data deriving from waves 6 to 10 of the German Family Panel (pairfam) to uncover the extent to which the perception of having a supportive partner reduces time- and strain-based work-to-family and family-to-work conflicts. We conduct longitudinal structural equation models based on information of 1,252 persons, which are full-time employed and live in a dual-earner relationship. Results: Whereas for men partner support helps reduce stress-based work-to-family conflicts, for women perceived partner support is not beneficial. Within a subsample of parents, the experience of work-to-family conflicts is likely irrespective of partner support. Overall, women’s family-to-work conflicts appear to be reduced by their partners’ support whereas for men this detrimental effect only applies in the case of stress-based family-to-work conflicts. Conclusion: To sum up the findings, the differences for men and women in the effect of partner support on different types of interrole conflicts indicate a still existing impact of traditional gender norms that connect femininity to house work and masculinity to employed work.

Husbands' Involvement in Housework: Effects of Relative Earning Power and Masculine Orientation

1995 ◽  
Vol 77 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1331-1337 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Andrew Harrell
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Household Tasks ◽  
Home Life ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Dual Earner ◽  
Path Analyses ◽  
Relative Earning ◽  
Earning Power

A survey of 138 husbands in dual-earner households examined factors influencing participation in two household tasks, cleaning and cooking. Path analyses showed that husbands were more involved in these tasks if they had a nontraditional view of masculinity and if they perceived little conflict between their work and family life. Also, the greater the wives' contribution to family income, the greater the husbands' participation in cleaning and cooking. Finally, a traditional view of masculinity tended to decrease involvement in household tasks by increasing the perception of conflict between work and home life.

Crossover of distress due to work and family demands in dual-earner couples: A dyadic analysis

Work & Stress ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 324-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lieke L. ten Brummelhuis ◽  
Jarrod M. Haar ◽  
Tanja van der Lippe
Keyword(s):  
Work And Family ◽  
Dyadic Analysis ◽  
Dual Earner ◽  
Family Demands

Men's Provider-Role Attitudes

1990 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
MAUREEN PERRY-JENKINS ◽  
ANN C. CROUTER
Keyword(s):  
Work And Family ◽  
Family Roles ◽  
Family Work ◽  
Household Tasks ◽  
Telephone Interviews ◽  
Dual Earner ◽  
The Family ◽  
Work And Family Roles ◽  
Provider Role ◽  
Egalitarian Attitudes

The aim of the current investigation was to link men's provider-role attitudes with their involvement in household tasks. This study examines not only the objective division of work both inside and outside of the home, but also emphasizes the importance of examining the cognitions and affect that men attach to their work and family roles. It was proposed that men holding more traditional attitudes about their duty to provide economically for the family would perform fewer household tasks than men with more egalitarian attitudes. The study involved 43 dual-earner couples who participated in home interviews and in a series of telephone interviews. Results revealed that men's provider-role attitudes were related to their involvement in family work. Furthermore, the congruence of role beliefs and the enactment of role behaviors within the home were related to higher levels of marital satisfaction for men.

A Longitudinal Study of the Effects of Dual-Earner Couples' Utilization of Family-Friendly Workplace Supports on Work and Family Outcomes.

2005 ◽  
Vol 90 (4) ◽  
pp. 799-810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie B. Hammer ◽  
Margaret B. Neal ◽  
Jason T. Newsom ◽  
Krista J. Brockwood ◽  
Cari L. Colton
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Family Outcomes ◽  
Dual Earner ◽  
Family Friendly ◽  
Workplace Supports

Gender, Job and Family Conditions, and Psychological Symptoms

1994 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane L. Hughes ◽  
Ellen Galinsky
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Regression Equations ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Dual Earner ◽  
Psychological Symptomatology ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Role Occupancy

This study examined the hypothesis that gender differences in psychological distress are mediated by job and family role conditions. Previous research has failed to directly test such mediational hypotheses but rather has inferred effects of role conditions from simple role-occupancy variables. The sample consisted of full-time employed married respondents including 161 women with full-time employed spouses, 142 men with nonemployed spouses, and 126 men with full-time employed spouses. Although the sample reported low psychological symptomatology overall, the women in dual-earner families reported more psychological symptomatology than did either group of men. Hierarchical regression equations indicated that work and family conditions fully attenuated this gender differential. Women in dual-earner families also reported less job enrichment, less time at work, and more household labor inequity than did either group of men. They also reported more childcare difficulty than did men with nonemployed spouses. Work-family interference predicted psychological symptomatology and partially accounted for its relationship with some job and family conditions. We discuss processes through which gender affects psychological distress.

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