Sex and housework: Does perceived fairness of the distribution of housework actually matter?

Hajek, Kristin

doi:10.3224/zff.v31i1.05

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“…Specifically, less than four percent of men and three percent of women reported any change in the level of agreement with their partner on fertility preferences between waves 6 and 10. While some prior research using pairfam pooled the data from multiple waves and treated the panel as cross-sectional data (Hajek, 2019), there are also three main drawbacks to using this approach. First, when dealing with dyadic data/the APIM framework, a pooled cross-sectional approach would assume homogeneity of variance in the outcome variable between men and women.…”

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Work-family conflict and partners' agreement on fertility preferences among dual-earner couples: Does women's employment status matter?

Latshaw¹,

Yücel²

2022

JFamRes

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Objective: This study tests the effects of work-family conflict, in both directions, on partners' agreement on fertility preferences among dual-earner couples, as well as whether this relationship varies by women's employment status. Background: Few studies have examined the relationship between work-family conflict and fertility preferences. Given the high percentages of women working part-time in Germany, it is important to investigate the role working women’s employment status plays to further understand this relationship. Method: Using data from 716 dual-earner couples in Wave 10 of the German Family Panel (pairfam), we use dyadic data analysis to test whether work-family conflict impacts one’s own ("actor effects") and/or one’s partner’s ("partner effects") reports of agreement on fertility preferences. We also run multi-group analyses to compare whether these effects vary in "full-time dual-earner" versus "modernized male breadwinner" couples. Results: There are significant actor effects for family-to-work conflict in both types of couples, and for work-to-family conflict in modernized male breadwinner couples only. Partner effects for family-to-work conflict exist only among modernized male breadwinner couples. While there are no gender differences in actor or partner effects, results suggest differences in the partner effect (for family-to-work conflict only) between these two couple types. Conclusion: These findings indicate that work-family conflict is associated with greater partner disagreement on fertility preferences and highlight the differential impact incompatible work and family responsibilities have on fertility decisions when women work full-time versus part-time.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Work-family conflict and partners' agreement on fertility preferences among dual-earner couples: Does women's employment status matter?

Latshaw¹,

Yücel²

2022

JFamRes

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“…Our empirical analysis is based on data from the pairfam (Brüderl et al 2018;Huinink et al 2011). A handful of studies used the data to examine some aspects of sexuality (Hajek 2019;Kislev 2020;Morgan et al 2018;Rainer and Smith 2012;Schmiedeberg et al 2017;Schmiedeberg and Schröder 2016;Schröder and Schmiedeberg 2015;Smith 2012). However, these studies did not consider the influence of personality traits on sexuality.…”

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confidence: 99%

Big Five personality traits and sex

Jirjahn

Ottenbacher

2022

J Popul Econ

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Sexual well-being plays an important role in the quality of life. Against this background, we provide an economics-based approach to the relationship between the Big Five personality traits and various dimensions of sexuality. From a theoretical viewpoint, personality influences sexual well-being not only by how a person feels about sex, but also by how the person behaves in a sexual relationship. Personality shapes information sharing about sexual preferences, the way dissonant sexual preferences of the partners are handled, and the extent to which a person is committed to promises made to a partner. Using a large representative dataset from Germany, we find that personality traits play a role in a person’s own sexual satisfaction, in (the self-assessment of) fulfilling their partner’s sexual needs and desires, in sexual communication, in actual and desired frequency of sex, and in extradyadic affairs. Conscientiousness contributes to a mutually beneficial sex life and increases a person’s commitment to their partner. The opposite holds true for neuroticism. While extraversion and openness to experience help realize a mutually beneficial sex life, we find no evidence that they have a commitment value. On the contrary, extraversion is associated with lower commitment to the partner. Agreeableness contributes to higher commitment. However, agreeableness appears to make people more reluctant to express their sexual needs and desires.

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“…Our empirical analysis is based on data from the pairfam (Brüderl et al 2018, Huinink et al 2011. A handful of studies used the data to examine some aspects of sexuality (Hajek 2019, Kislev 2020, Morgan et al 2018, Rainer and Smith 2012, Schmiedeberg et al 2017, Schmiedeberg and Schröder 2016, Schröder and Schmiedberg 2015. However, these studies did not consider the influence of personality traits on sexuality.…”

Section: The Data Setmentioning

confidence: 99%