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Article: Equality in the division of household labor: a comparative study of Jewish women and Arab Muslim women in Israel.(Report)
- Article from:
- The Journal of Social Psychology
- Article date:
- August 1, 2007
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ISRAEL, LIKE MANY WESTERN SOCIETIES, has witnessed the massive entry of women into the labor market in recent decades, with a particularly substantial rise in the proportion of married women working outside of the home (Izraeli, 1999). Studies have shown that regardless of age, race, ethnicity, or marital status, women spend more time on household tasks than do men (Bergen, 1991; Blair, 1993; Demo & Acock, 1993; Word, 1993). Thompson and Walker (1995) found that, on average, wives do two to three times more family work than do husbands. Nonetheless, recent decades have witnessed changes in several domains of family life. For example, although child rearing is still ...