Perceived Housework Equity, Marital Happiness, and Divorce in Dual-Earner Households

By Michelle L. Frisco, Kristi Williams. 2003

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Subfields: Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science

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Trends in Marital Happiness by Gender and Race, 1973 to 2006 (2009, background): “…increased share of household labor (Pleck, 1997; Robinson & godbey, 1997; Rogers & amato, 2000), whereas perceptions of inequality in the division of household labor are related to lower levels of marital happiness (Frisco & Williams, 2003; Wilkie, Ferree, & Ratcliff, 1998; Tsang et al., 2003).”
Race-ethnic differences in marital quality and divorce (2007, background): “Inequity in household labor has negative consequences for marital quality and raises the risk of divorce for women (Frisco and Williams, 2003; Hochschild, 1989).”
Divorce in Europe and the United States: Commonalities and differences across nations (2010, background): “A wife's employment (especially when it is full-time) also can create tension between both spouses if her husband is unwilling to take on a greater share of housework and childcare (Amato et al, 2007 ; Frisco & Williams, 2003 ).”
Gendered division of labor during a nationwide COVID-19 lockdown: Implications for relationship problems and satisfaction (2021, background): “Perceiving the division of housework and parenting as unfair is also associated with lower satisfaction (Frisco & Williams, 2003; Greenstein, 1996; Lavee & Katz, 2002; Rodriguez-Stanley et al., 2020; Schieman et al., 2018), and greater conflict (Newkirk et al., 2017).”
Division of Household Labor and Distress: The Role of Perceived Fairness for Employed Mothers (2009, background): “Furthermore, individuals who perceive an unequal division of household labor as unfair experience lower psychological well-being (Lennon and Rosenfield 1994; Voydanoff and Donnelly 1999) and lower levels of marital quality (Bird 1999; Frisco and Williams 2003; Grote and Clark 2001) than those who pe”
Traditional and Nontraditional Gender Roles and Work—Family Interface for Men and Women (2009, background): “Perceived fairness is an important contributor to marital satisfaction among dual-career couples (Frisco & Williams, 2003).”
Marriage, Cohabitation, and Happiness: A Cross‐National Analysis of 27 Countries (2012, background): “Most research has found that traditional gender attitudes are associated with greater marital happiness (Wilcox and Nock 2006), for women in particular (Amato and Booth 1995; Frisco and Williams 2003).”
The Dynamic Goal Theory of Marital Satisfaction (2011, background): “On the other hand, unfair division of household labor is a major source of marital conflict, especially in modern dual-earner families (Frisco & Williams, 2003; Lavee & Katz, 2002; Wilkie, Ferree, & Ratcliff, 1998).”
Division of Household Labor and Marital Satisfaction in China, Japan, and Korea (2013, background): “Indeed, it is often found that perceived inequality in the division of household labor is negatively associated with reported marital satisfaction, especially for wives (Frisco & Williams, 2003; Yaov & Katz, 2002).”
Lesbian Couples’ Relationship Quality Across the Transition to Parenthood (2006, background): “Division of labor has also been linked to relationship quality in heterosexual (Frisco & Williams, 2003) and lesbian couples (Chan, Brooks, Raboy, & Patterson, 1998).”