Partner's contribution to housework and couple bonding activities among Korean working women: Heterogeneity by socioeconomic status

IF 1.5 3区社会学 Q2 WOMENS STUDIES

Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI:10.1016/j.wsif.2024.102887

Gum-Ryeong Park , Hyunseo Rim , Jinho Kim

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Abstract

The present study investigates: (a) how a partner's contribution to housework is associated with couple bonding activities among Korean women in dual-earner couples and (b) whether this association varies by socioeconomic status. Using eight waves from the Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women & Families (N = 5758), we estimated fixed effects models to account for individual-level heterogeneity. Engagement in couple bonding activities was measured by the frequency of physical and cultural activities with a partner. Fixed effects estimates showed that a partner's contribution to housework is positively associated with engagement in physical and cultural activities with a partner. The association between a partner's contribution to housework and physical and cultural activities was more pronounced among women in dual-earner couples in which the woman was highly educated. The association for cultural activities, not physical activities, was amplified by household income. This study supports the notion that a more equal distribution of housework is important for improving the quality of life in a marriage.

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韩国职业女性中伴侣对家务劳动和夫妻联谊活动的贡献：社会经济地位的异质性

本研究调查了：(a) 在韩国双职工夫妇中，伴侣对家务劳动的贡献如何与夫妻间的亲子活动相关联；(b) 这种关联是否因社会经济地位而异。我们利用韩国妇女及家庭纵向调查的八个波次（N = 5758），对固定效应模型进行了估计，以考虑个体层面的异质性。参与夫妻联谊活动的情况是通过与伴侣一起参加体育和文化活动的频率来衡量的。固定效应估计结果显示，伴侣对家务劳动的贡献与伴侣参与体育和文化活动呈正相关。在受过高等教育的双职工夫妇中，伴侣分担家务与身体和文化活动之间的关联更为明显。文化活动（而非体力活动）的关联因家庭收入而扩大。这项研究支持这样一种观点，即更平等地分配家务对于提高婚姻生活质量非常重要。

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Womens Studies International Forum WOMENS STUDIES-

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2.50

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7.10%

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79 days

期刊介绍： Women"s Studies International Forum (formerly Women"s Studies International Quarterly, established in 1978) is a bimonthly journal to aid the distribution and exchange of feminist research in the multidisciplinary, international area of women"s studies and in feminist research in other disciplines. The policy of the journal is to establish a feminist forum for discussion and debate. The journal seeks to critique and reconceptualize existing knowledge, to examine and re-evaluate the manner in which knowledge is produced and distributed, and to assess the implications this has for women"s lives.