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Sharing Household Labour: “Could You do the Bedtime Story While I do the Dishes?”

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
September 1992

Abstract

The Canadian Mental Health Association (1987) identified the double workday as a major source of stress for women. Drawing on a socialist-feminist analysis, we examined the inequalities in the workloads of men and women in different stages of family life. The data from 223 service sector workers in the Canadian airlines industry were analyzed through multivariate analysis of variance techniques. Results indicated gender inequalities in total workloads as well as types of work. Men and women did equal amounts of child care but women did significantly more housework.

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L'association canadienne de santé mentale (1987) a retenu la double charge de travail comme une source majeure de stress chez les femmes. En s'appuyant sur une analyse socialist-féministe, les auteurs étudient les inégalités de charge de travail des hommes et des femmes à différentes étapes de la vie familiale. Les données fournies par 233 travailleurs du secteur des services dans l'industrie canadienne de l'aviation ont été analysées à partir d'une technique d'analyse multivariée. Les résultats confirment l'inègalité tant de la charge totale de travail que des types de travail. Les hommes et les femmes fournissent la même contribution pour le soin à l'enfant, mais les femmes font plus de travail domestique et ceci de façon significative.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 11Number 2September 1992
Pages: 147 - 162

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Version of record online: 6 May 2009

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Jo-Ann Hannah
Jack Quarter
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

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