Windebank, J.E. orcid.org/0000-0002-0986-6615 and Martinez-Perez, A. (2018) Gender divisions of domestic labour and paid domestic services. Service Industries Journal, 38 (11-12). pp. 875-895. ISSN 0264-2069
Abstract
This article investigates the relationship between sharing domestic tasks in dual-earner mixed-sex couples and using of paid domestic services. Results from a small-scale survey of the domestic outsourcing practices of employees of a large service-sector organisation in the UK show that in households: full-time working by women and presence of younger children is positively associated with using of domestic services; there is no association between the gender division of traditionally female domestic tasks carried out within the couple and paid services; in contrast, men’s greater involvement in traditionally male and traditionally gender-neutral tasks is positively associating with using paid domestic services. These findings tentatively suggest a new arrangement may be emerging whereby some couples address a heavy workload and desire for a less traditional division of domestic labour by men participating more in close-ended domestic tasks and outsourcing more time-consuming tasks traditionally undertaken by women to paid service providers.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Service Industries Journal. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. | ||||
Keywords: | Domestic labour; domestic services; dual-earner couple; gender; divisions of labour | ||||
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield | ||||
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > School of Languages and Cultures (Sheffield) | ||||
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Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield | ||||
Date Deposited: | 05 Jun 2018 09:03 | ||||
Last Modified: | 19 Apr 2021 12:55 | ||||
Status: | Published | ||||
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis | ||||
Refereed: | Yes | ||||
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1080/02642069.2018.1484110 |