The influence of ethnic embeddedness on the gender role attitudes and division of household labor of married Hispanic women

In this study I examine the effects of both network structure and network function on the gender role attitudes and division of household labor among Hispanic women. Using a representative sub-sample drawn from the first wave of the National Study of Families and Households, I determine to what extent network processes help explain the gender role attitudes and behaviors of Hispanic women. Specifically, I focus on how embeddedness within a Hispanic community, as well as a woman’s level of social support exchange with kin and non-kin help explain her current gender role attitudes and household labor allocation. I found that ethnic embeddedness during adolescence best explained gender role attitudes while current ethnic embeddedness was a more substantive determinant of household labor allocation. I conclude that factors regarding a woman’s level of assimilation, as well as more precise measures of ethnic embeddedness may help better explain the relationship between ethnic embeddedness and gendered attitudes and behaviors.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Sociology

Grantor

Sociology

Year dc:date.available

2004

Author dc:creator

• Guerra, Susana

• ethnic embeddedness
• ethnicity
• traditionalism
• division of household labor
• hispanics
• gender role attitudes

Statement dc:rights

• unrestricted
• Release the entire work immediately for access worldwide.

Identifier

etd-07072004-105247
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/463

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.lsu.edu:gradschool_dissertations-1462