Citation
Chen, Feinian (2005). Employment Transitions and the Household Division of Labor in China. Social Forces, 84, 831-851.Abstract
Highlighting one aspect of the economic transition in China (industrialization), this article focuses on how a change in employment from an agricultural to a non-agricultural job could change the household division of labor. Longitudinal analysis of data from the China Health & Nutrition Survey showed that such job shifts affected the household division of labor in different directions & magnitude, depending upon which spouse changed jobs. If the husband change from an agricultural to a non-agricultural job, he cut back on housework, thereby increasing the difference in the number of hours of housework each spouse performed. If the wife experienced such a job change, the reduction in her housework hours was twice that of her husband's, reducing the difference between their shares of household duties. 3 Tables, 2 Figures, 86 References. Adapted from the source document.