Gender, household labor, and psychological distress: The impact of the amount and division of housework
Gender, household labor, and psychological distress: The impact of the amount and division of housework
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DOI：
10.2307/2676377
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发表时间：
1999-03-01
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5
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Bird, CE
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作者：
Bird, CE
使用一个全国性的纵向调查的代表性样本的1,256名成年人，我评估的家庭劳动量的影响和家庭内的分工对男性和女性的抑郁水平，调整以前的心理健康状况。我测试两种替代解释的贡献，家庭劳动和家庭劳动分工的发件人差异，抑郁症：差异暴露和差异脆弱性。结果表明，男性对家务劳动的贡献较低，部分解释了抑郁症的性别差异，家庭劳动分工的不平等性比家庭劳动力的数量对痛苦的影响更大。就业状况缓和了这种影响在描述自己是持家的人中，那些承担79.8%家务的人的抑郁程度最低。相比之下，对于全职工作的人来说，抑郁症的最低水平发生在45.8%的家庭劳动力中。据报告，男性在家中承担了42.3%的家务，而女性则为68.1%。因此，平均而言，妇女从事的家务劳动超出了最大心理利益的范围，而男子则没有。社会支持介导家庭劳动分工的影响唯一的性别差异发生在那些已婚的人中，对他们来说，社会支持与女性的抑郁水平低于男性。
Using a national longitudinal survey of a representative sample of 1,256 adults, I assess the impact of the amount of household labor performed and its division within the household on men's and women's depression levels, adjusting for prior mental health status. I test two alternative explanations of the contributions of household labor and the division of household labor to sender differences in depression: differential exposure and differential vulnerability.The results indicate that men's lower contributions to household labor explain part of the gender difference in depression, Inequity in the division of household labor has a greater impact on distress than does the amount of household labor Employment status moderates the effect of the division of labor on depression, Among those who describe themselves as keeping house, depression was lowest for those who performed 79.8 percent of housework. In contrast, for those employed full-time the minimum level of depression occurs at 45.8 percent of the household labor. Men report performing 42.3 percent of the housework in their homes compared to 68.1 percent reported by women. Thus, on average women are performing household labor beyond the point of maximum psychological benefit, whereas men are nor. Social support mediates the effects of the division of household labor The only gender difference in effects occurred among those who are married, for whom social support was associated with lower levels of depression for women than merr.