Class, breadwinner ideology, and housework among Canadian husbands

M. R. Nakhaie
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M. R. Nakhaie: Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Windsor, Windsor; Ont., Canada N9B 3P4; Tel.: +1-519-253-3000x3706; fax: +1-519-971-3621 nakhaie@uwindsor.ca

Review of Radical Political Economics, 2002, vol. 34, issue 2, 137-157

Abstract: This paper presents a systematic discussion of class differences in housework and breadwinner ideology, and tests these relationships using a national sample of Canadian husbands. Analyses show that bourgeois males have a lower tendency to participate in housework than the managerial class or than working-class males whether unionized or not. Bourgeois males are also more likely to adhere to the breadwinner ideology than male managers and/or non-union workers. Other mechanisms such as the relative contribution of wife to the family income, husband's or wife's time availability, and/or husband's ideological orientations also effect housework. Housework is not, however, effected by ethnicity or immigration status. The implications of the findings for feminist theory are discussed.

Keywords: Canada; Housework; Class (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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