The Korean Journal of Community Living Science (한국지역사회생활과학회지)

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Factors Influencing Household Work Sharing and Perceptions of Equitable and Unequitable Household Work Sharing in Dual-earner Households

맞벌이가구의 가사노동에 대한 공평인지와 불공평인지 집단별 가사노동분담률에 미치는 영향 요인

  • Jung, Joowon (Dept. of Home Economics Education, Dongguk University) ;
  • Cho, So Yeon (Dept. of Home Economics Education, Dongguk University)
  • 정주원 (동국대학교 사범대학 가정교육과) ;
  • 조소연 (동국대학교(경주) 사범교육대학 가정교육과)
  • Received : 2015.09.30
  • Accepted : 2015.11.10
  • Published : 2015.11.30
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Abstract

This study explains the differences in household work sharing and perceptions of equitable and unequitable household work sharing in dual-earner households by gender. The study also examines the effects of household work sharing and perceptions of equitable and unequitable household work sharing in dual-earner households. The sample consisted of 270 males and 349 females in their twenties to fifties in dual-earner households. Data analysis methods included frequency analysis, t-test, and multiple regression analysis methods. First, there were significant differences in household work sharing by gender. Second, there were significant differences in perceptions of equitable and unequitable household work sharing between males and females. Third, there were significant differences in perceptions of equitable and unequitable household work sharing in dual-earner households. These results verify differences in perceptions of equitable and unequitable household work sharing by gender in dual-earner households and demonstrate differential effects of factors influencing perceptions of equitable and unequitable household work sharing in dual-earner households.

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