The Gendered Division of Labor and Family Outcomes in Germany
Cooke, Lynn Prince, Journal of Marriage and Family
The literature on the predictors of the division of household labor continues to expand, but the effect of this division on family outcomes has not been explored. Using the German SocioEconomic Panel (N = 628), I analyze the effect of men s participation in housework and child care on the likelihood of second birth and divorce. Fathers' greater relative child-care time increases couples' odds of second birth, attenuating the negative effect of mothers' employment. Husbands' relative housework time is insignificant in predicting second birth or divorce among couples with at least one child, but increases the likelihood of divorce among childless couples. This is evidence that the division …
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Publication information:
Article title: The Gendered Division of Labor and Family Outcomes in Germany.
Contributors: Cooke, Lynn Prince - Author.
Journal title: Journal of Marriage and Family.
Volume: 66.
Issue: 5
Publication date: December 2004.
Page number: 1246+.
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