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- Title
COVID-19 and the Housework Gender Division: Traditional or New Gender Patterns?
- Authors
Larraz, Beatriz; Roig, Rosa; Aybar, Cristina; Pavía, Jose M.
- Abstract
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the gender dimension of its more visible socio-economic impacts has been the topic of study by several researchers. The current paper takes this further by focusing on the invisible chores done in the families at home. This paper studies how people's behavior towards housework changed during and after the confinement period in Spain. We analyze whether people did more housework during the lockdown period than before it, the way this housework was distributed between women and men, and whether this has changed since the end of lockdown. The empirical analyses point to a new trend in the housework gender gap: differences between men and women have narrowed since the lockdown, although women continue to bear most of the responsibility.
- Subjects
SPAIN; FAMILIES &; psychology; RESEARCH funding; SEX distribution; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; STAY-at-home orders; HOUSEKEEPING; COVID-19 pandemic; COVID-19
- Publication
Journal of Family Issues, 2024, Vol 45, Issue 6, p1403
- ISSN
0192-513X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0192513X231172287