Book Chapter

Revisiting the ‘doing gender’ hypothesis – housework hours of husbands and wives in the UK

By  Man Yee Kan

Edited by Stephanie L. McFall

Publication details

Publication date
Series or book
Understanding Society: findings 2012
Pages
pp. 7–8
Publisher
University of Essex: Institute for Social and Economic Research
ISBN
978 1 85871 163 8
View on understandingsociety.ac.uk

Abstract

This article reviews a debate on the domestic division of labour: Do husbands and wives try to fulfil their gender identity when undertaking housework?

Topics

Chore wars

Sarah Womack

Journal Article

  • Social Change
  • Sociology Of Households