Unemployment and Gendered Divisions of Domestic Labor
Unemployment and Gendered Divisions of Domestic Labor
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失业和家务劳动的性别划分
DOI：
10.1177/000169930204500202
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发表时间：
2002
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影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
S. Ström
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作者：
S. Ström
无论研究的是哪个国家，家庭和社会中都普遍存在一定程度的性别不平等。除其他外，这与妇女对家庭负有主要责任这一事实密切相关。在这里，我研究失业是否与瑞典男性和女性家务劳动性别分工的变化有关。探讨了失业期间的家庭劳动活动水平，以及个人重新就业后是否存在任何关联的问题。使用的数据材料取自1992-1993年瑞典失业者纵向研究以及1991年瑞典生活水平调查。结果表明，虽然性别是家庭劳动活动水平的最佳预测因素，但劳动力市场状况也会影响家庭劳动活动水平。换句话说，女性比男性更活跃，但失业者比就业者更活跃。因此，男性失业与更平等的家务劳动分工相关的假设得到了支持。对于妇女来说，失业与家务劳动分工的加剧不公平有关这一假说得到了支持，尽管失业是否对家务劳动活动有任何永久性影响还值得怀疑，因为再就业者减少了家务劳动活动。
A certain level of gender inequality prevails in both families and societies, regardless of which countries are studied. This is, among other things, closely associated with the fact that women have the main responsibility for home and family. Here, I study whether unemployment is associated with alterations in the gendered division of domestic labor among Swedish men and women. Levels of domestic labor activity during periods of unemployment are explored, as well as the question of whether any associations persist after the individual re-enters employment. The data materials used are taken from the Swedish Longitudinal Study among the Unemployed 1992-1993, as well as the Swedish Level of Living Survey from 1991. The results indicate that although gender is the best predictor of levels of domestic labor activity, labor market status also affects levels of domestic labor activity. In other words, women are more active than men, but the unemployed are more active compared with the employed. The hypothesis that male unemployment is associated with a more equal division of domestic labor is thus supported. For women, the hypothesis that unemployment is related to an exacerbated unequal division of domestic labor receives support, although it is questionable whether unemployment has any permanent effects on activity in domestic labor, since the re-employed decrease their domestic labor activity.