Employment, Family, and Perceptions of Marital Quality Among Husbands and Wives

Blair, Sampson Lee

doi:10.1177/019251393014002003

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“…The above findings are in line with American studies that demonstrate a positive relationship between perceived equity and marital happiness (Blair, 1993(Blair, , 1998Frisco & Williams, 2003;Wilcox & Nock, 2006).Compared with the study on Korean couples, the correlation between perceived equity and marital satisfaction in this study was lower than that in Yang's (2004) study (r = .49, p \ .01). The third hypothesis that perceived equity mediates the relationship between WRI and marital quality was not supported.…”

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Wives’ Relative Income and Marital Quality in Urban China: The Role of Perceived Equity

Zhang

Tsang

2012

Soc Just Res

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The debate over the association between wives' relative income (WRI) and marital quality remain controversial in the west; however, this important research area has been surprisingly under-studied against the backdrop of the fast socioeconomic transition in contemporary China. Using 763 urban Chinese wives, this study examined both the mediating and the moderating role of perceived equity between WRI and marital quality. Hierarchical multiple regression indicated that urban Chinese wives' relative income had a negative impact on their marital happiness and a positive impact on marital instability to a small extent. The mediating role of perceived equity was not supported in this study; however, perceived equity could buffer the positive effect of wives' relative income on marital instability, especially for higher-earning wives. This study contributes to understanding wives' socioeconomic resources and marital quality from an equity perspective in the Chinese context and generates implications for crosscultural research on perceived equity. It also serves for marital counseling on improving higher-earning wives' perception of fairness as well as family-friendly policy making.

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Wives’ Relative Income and Marital Quality in Urban China: The Role of Perceived Equity

Zhang

Tsang

2012

Soc Just Res

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“…As noted above, perceived fairness is also related to marital satisfaction and relationship quality (Blair, 1993;Dance & Gilbert, 1993;Frisco & Williams, 2003;Gjerdingen & Center, 2005;Meier, McNaughton-Cassill, & Lynch, 2006;Wilkie, Ferree, & Ratcliff, 1998). Perceived fairness is positively associated with good quality marital interaction and closeness, which, in turn, contributes to greater marital satisfaction.…”

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Gender and the Division of Labor

Coltrane

Shih

2009

Handbook of Gender Research in Psychology

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This chapter focuses on the division of labor between women and men and the distinction commonly drawn between domestic work and paid work. Work performed directly in the service of familiesincluding housework and childcare -is often unacknowledged because of cultural assumptions that a wife or mother should do it in the privacy of the home. Paid work, on the other hand, is much more public and historically associated with men. Holding a job and earning a salary has been considered to be a husband's traditional family obligation, whereas tending to home and children traditionally has been considered a wife's primary obligation (even if she also works outside the home). Why do we make these gendered assumptions, and what impact do these ideals have on individuals and society? In this chapter we investigate these questions by examining how the concept of separate work and family spheres for men and women arose and by exploring how scholars have researched the division of household labor. Links Between Work and FamilyRosabeth Moss Kanter (1977) was one of the first scholars to point out that it is misleading to treat work and family as separate institutional spheres. She rejected popular beliefs about the separation of workplaces and families, and she called for an examination of the interconnections between the two and the study of how and why people make and sustain attachments to each. Today, most social scientists recognize and appreciate the numerous mutual influences between the workplace and the home (Jacobs & Gerson, 2004;Moen & Coltrane, 2004). Near the end of this chapter we summarize research in this tradition by focusing on some findings about spillover from work to family and from family to work.Although there are many different linkages between work and family, most researchers have focused on how jobs influence family life. For example, there are many studies of how economic resources and job conditions affect marital functioning, parenting practices, or mental and physical health. In general, longer employment hours, harsher working conditions, and lower wages are associated with more family and health problems, and closely regulated work environments are associated with more restrictive parenting practices. Other work-family studies are focused on the different strategies people use to coordinate market labor and household labor, who does the housework, or how people balance commitments between work and family. Most studies show that job demands have important impacts on families and individuals and that, despite substantial shifts in

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“…Not surprisingly, the factors related to the division of labor have been the subject of a substantial number of studies (e.g.. Bamett & Baruch, 1983;Blair. 1993;Deutsch, Lussier, & Servis, 1993;Kluwer, Heesink, & Van de Vliert, 1996: for reviews, see Ferree, 199 1 ;Thompson & Walker, 1989).…”

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The Division of Labor Among Egalitarian and Traditional Women: Differences in Discontent, Social Comparison, and False Consensus

Buunk

Kluwer

Schuurman

et al. 2000

J Applied Social Pyschol

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G l~J n t n~~l i the 2 r / h o /undWe compared I I8 egalitarian women (subscribers to the Dutch feminist magazine Olci;) with 118 traditional women (subscribers to the widely read Dutch women's magazine .blurpie/). On average, egalitarian uomen had a more equal division of household labor at home than did traditional women but experienced more discontent about the division of labor in their relationship. Egalitarian women with an unequal division of labor experienced more discontent than did traditional women with an unequal division of labor. Relative to traditional women, egalitarian women more often compared their o u n contribution to housework with their partner's contribution (relational comparison) and with other \\.omen's division of labor (referential comparison). Compared to traditional women. egalitarian women gave higher prevalence estimates of both the percentage of Dutch women doing virtually all housework and the percentage ofuonien unhappy \\ith the division of labor.

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Employment, Family, and Perceptions of Marital Quality Among Husbands and Wives

Cited by 111 publications

References 31 publications

Wives’ Relative Income and Marital Quality in Urban China: The Role of Perceived Equity

Wives’ Relative Income and Marital Quality in Urban China: The Role of Perceived Equity

Gender and the Division of Labor

The Division of Labor Among Egalitarian and Traditional Women: Differences in Discontent, Social Comparison, and False Consensus

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