Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures and Tables vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. About the Authors xi
6. Part I. Overview
7. Chapter One. Why Study Housework? 3
8. Chapter Two. Trends in Housework 19
9. Part II. The Political Economy of Housework
10. Chapter Three. Women’s Employment and Housework 41
11. Chapter Four. The Politics of Housework 59
12. Chapter Five. Can State Policies Produce Equality in Housework? 79
13. Chapter Six. Economic Inequality and Housework 105
14. Part III. The Cultural Influences on Housework
15. Chapter Seven. Cultural and Institutional Contexts 125
16. Chapter Eight. Beliefs about Maternal Employment 147
17. Chapter Nine. The Institution of Marriage 175
18. Chapter Ten. Pair Relationships and Housework 192
19. Part IV. The Evaluation of Cross-National Research on Housework
20. Chapter Eleven. Men’s and Women’s Reports about Housework 217
21. Chapter Twelve. Concluding Thoughts on the Societal Context of Housework 241
22. Index 253