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Gender specific effects of financial and housework contributions on depression: A multi-actor study among three household types in Belgium.
- Source :
- Health Sociology Review; Aug2014, Vol. 23 Issue 2, p78-90, 13p, 3 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Studies that focus on the effects of both the division of household chores and of financial contributions on the mental health of couples are scarce. This paper expands on previous research by paying attention to the variation of this relationship among three types of households: Male breadwinner, one-and-a-half-earner and dual-earner. Using paired data from the 10th wave of the Panel Study of Belgian Households, collected in 2001, we perform separate linear regressions for men (N = 1054) and women (N = 1054). The results suggest that in one-and-a-half-earner households, women's employment has a negative effect on their partner's depression level and that in dual-earner households, the effect of women's employment is only negative if men are not the major breadwinner. Crossover effects of depression between partners seem to mediate part of the aforementioned associations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MENTAL depression risk factors
ANALYSIS of variance
CLUSTER analysis (Statistics)
COMPARATIVE studies
STATISTICAL correlation
EMPLOYMENT
FAMILIES
FATHERS
MOTHERS
PANEL analysis
PART-time employment
REGRESSION analysis
STATISTICAL sampling
SEX distribution
GENDER role
WAGES
WORKING mothers
HOUSEKEEPING
SECONDARY analysis
STATISTICAL models
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14461242
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Health Sociology Review
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 99541664
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2014.11081963