Zwischen Beruf und Familie: Gerechtigkeit und Zufriedenheit mit der Aufteilung der Arbeit zu Hause

Author(s)

Erich Kirchler

Abstract

A total of 109 couples, employed women and men, answered a questionnaire on their contributions to work in the home and the amount of time spent on their paid job. Also, perceived justice and satisfaction with the division of labor within the household were indicated. Furthermore, satisfaction with the partnership, role orientation, reference point in comparisons of one's own contributions to work in the home and the partner contributions, and socio-demographic data were measured. The results indicate that women and men spend different amounts of time on housework, but perceive the distribution as just. Women, however, are less satisfied with the distribution than men. Whereas subjective justice for women depends on perceived discrepancies between actual time spent on housework and desired time, partnership satisfaction, role orientation and opportunities to compensate for lower contributions to housework, men's perception of justice depends only on the presence of children in the household. Satisfaction with the distribution of housework depends mainly on perception of justice.

Organisation(s)

Journal

Zeitschrift für Sozialpsychologie

Volume

31

Pages

113-123

No. of pages

11

ISSN

0044-3514

Publication date

2000

Peer reviewed

Yes

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

5010 Psychology

Portal url

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/1a3c8b16-72ae-4dcf-8071-5e2879829e2a