The Effects of Couples’ Housework Time Synchro Level on Wives’ Satisfaction About Division of Household Labour

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-112
Author(s):  
Ikhyun Joo
Keyword(s):  
Housework Time ◽  
Household Labour

scholarly journals Potential for clean yam minisett production by resource-poor farmers in the middle-belt of Nigeria

2009 ◽  
Vol 147 (5) ◽  
pp. 589-600 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. MORSE ◽  
N. McNAMARA ◽  
M. ACHOLO
Keyword(s):  
Cropping System ◽  
Economic Viability ◽  
Treatment Results ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Gross Margin ◽  
Dioscorea Rotundata ◽  
Planting Material ◽  
White Yam ◽  
Household Labour ◽  
River Niger

SUMMARYYam minisett technique (YMT) has been promoted throughout West Africa since the 1980s as a sustainable means of producing clean yam planting material, but adoption of the technique is often reported as being patchy at best. While there has been much research on the factors that influence adoption of the technique, there have been no attempts to assess its economic viability under ‘farmer-managed’ as distinct from ‘on station’ conditions. The present paper describes the results of farmer-managed trials employing the YMT (white yam: Dioscorea rotundata) at two villages in Igalaland, Kogi State, Nigeria. One of the villages (Edeke) is on the banks of the River Niger and represents a specialist yam environment, whereas the other village (Ekwuloko) is inland, where farmers employ a more general cropping system. Four farmers were selected in each of the two villages and asked to plant a trial comprising two varieties of yam, their popular local variety as well as another variety grown in other parts of Igalaland, and to treat yam setts (80–100 g) with either woodash or insecticide/nematicide+fungicide mix (chemical treatment). Results suggest that while chemical sett treatment increased yield and hence gross margin compared with woodash, if household labour is costed then YMT is not economically viable. However, the specialist yam growers of Edeke were far more positive about the use of YMT as they tended to keep the yam seed tubers for planting rather than sell them. Thus, great care needs to be taken with planning adoption surveys on the assumption that all farmers should adopt a technology.

Time, Money, or Gender? Predictors of the Division of Household Labour Across Life Stages

Sex Roles ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 78 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 731-743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca M. Horne ◽  
Matthew D. Johnson ◽  
Nancy L. Galambos ◽  
Harvey J. Krahn
Keyword(s):  
Life Stages ◽  
Household Labour

scholarly journals Health, sleep and lack of time: relations to domestic and paid work in nurses

2005 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 802-808 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciana Fernandes Portela ◽  
Lúcia Rotenberg ◽  
William Waissmann
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Disorders ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Varicose Veins ◽  
Prevalence Ratio ◽  
Work Load ◽  
Lower Prevalence ◽  
Professional Work ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Housework Time ◽  
Female Nurses

OBJECTIVE: To assess whether reported morbidity and complaints of lack of time and sleep are associated with the burden of professional work and housework among nurses. METHODS: A cross-sectional exploratory study was carried out among female nurses and nurse assistants (N=206) of a public hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Data were collected by means of a questionnaire. The prevalence ratio and 95% confidence intervals were estimated. RESULTS: Mean duration of professional work and housework time was 40.4 and 31.6 hours/week, respectively. Long professional working time (over 44 hours/week) were associated with mild emotional disorders (PR=1.37; 95% CI: 1.05-1.80), complaints of lack of time for resting/leisure (PR=1.61; 95% CI: 1.31-1.97), housework (PR=1.48; 95% CI: 1.12-1.97), and childcare (PR=1.99; 95% CI: 1.51-2.63). Long housework time (over 28 hours/week) was associated with lower prevalence of lack of time for childcare (PR=0.62; 95% CI: 0.46-0.84). High housework load was associated with lack of personal time and complaints of varicose veins (PR=1.31; 95% CI: 1.14-1.50 and PR=1.31; 95% CI: 1.08-1.58, respectively). Complaints of varicose veins were also frequent among female nurses with a total work load above 84 hours (PR=1.30; 95% CI: 1.05-1.61), though this group has shown a lower prevalence of arterial hypertension and recurrent headaches (PR=0.35; 95% CI: 0.15-0.83 and PR=0.53; 95% CI: 0.32-0.89, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Results suggest that both professional and home environments are relevant in the evaluation of work overload on nurses' health and their family and social life. It is stressed the need for instruments for analyzing total workload among female populations.

The Division of Housework Among “Remarried” Couples

1997 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
ORIEL SULLIVAN
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Focus Of Attention ◽  
Significant Issue ◽  
Representative Survey ◽  
Housework Time ◽  
Cohabiting Couples ◽  
Division Of Housework ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Remarried Couples

There are only a limited number of studies comparing housework among couples and individuals in different marital statuses, and the focus of attention has tended to be on married compared to cohabiting couples. This article focuses on differences between couples where one or more partner is remarried or recohabiting and those where both partners are in their first married or cohabiting relationships, using nationally representative survey data from Britain. It is shown in multivariate analysis that women in their second-plus partnerships contribute less in terms of their proportion of total housework time than women in their first partnerships. However, there is no effect for the man's number of previous partnerships or for current marital/cohabiting status. It is argued that the significant issue is interaction and negotiation with a subsequent partner in the light of experience gained from the breakdown of one or more previous married/cohabiting relationships.

How does the Household Labour Supply Respond to the Unemployment of the Household Head?

Labour ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 174-212
Author(s):  
Lina Cardona-Sosa ◽  
Luz Adriana Flórez ◽  
Leonardo Fabio Morales ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Labour Supply ◽  
Household Head ◽  
Household Labour
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