Women's Work, Men's Work: The Relationship Between Wife's Wage Rate and Husband's Relative Input to Household Production

The purpose of this research was to study the relationship between wife's wage rate and percentage of spouses' time contributed by the husband in total tasks and in nine different categories utilizing a modified household production model. Data were taken from the main sample of the National Survey of Households and Families and were restricted to families not residing in dormitories or barracks with both spouses present and in their first marriage, husband and wife employed at least part-time, and wife as primary respondent. Hypotheses were tested using Tobit analysis.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Human Resources and Family Studies

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Leach, Lauren Jean

Contributors dc:contributor

• Hafstrom, Jeanne

• Home Economics
• Women's Studies
• Economics, General
• Sociology, Individual and Family Studies

Identifier

(UMI)AAI9329092

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/72622