Chinese Journal of Sociology ›› 2009, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (2): 199-214.

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he Impact of Conjugal Resources on Rural Women’s Expectation of Housework Division in the Context of Leaving Home for Employment in Other Places: A Survey in Juchao of Anhui Province

  

  • Online:2009-03-20 Published:2009-03-20

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Abstract:

Using the data from the survey on the rural inhabitants in Juchao of Anhui province by the Institute for Population and Development Studies of Xi’an Jiaotong University in 2005， this paper analyzes the impact of conjugal resources on rural women’s expectation of housework division when they leave home for employment in other places. The findings suggest that those who have had such work experience are more likely than those who have not to expect their husbands to share housework. The impact of women’s income and education on their expectation of nontraditional housework division was significant. The interaction between the work experience and conjugal resources indicates that， as the constraint of traditional gender norms weakens， the women’s work experience has augmented the effects of their educational resources relative to their husbands’ on their nontraditional expectation of housework division； however， the work experience did not enhance the effects of such women’s earnings.

Key words: conjugal resources, division of housework, gender norms, leaving home for employment in other places