An Evaluation of a Program to Help Dual-Earner Couples Share the Second Shift
Keywords
division of domestic labor, dual-earner couples, family life education, father involvement
Abstract
Using both traditional scientific and feminist methodologies, this study evaluated the effectiveness of a family life education program designed to help dual-earner couples share domestic labor. Both quantitative and qualitative data suggested that the program produced small increases in husbands' involvement in both housework and child care and large increases in wives' satisfaction with domestic work arrangements. These changes persisted for 6 months after the end of the program.
Original Publication Citation
Hawkins, A. J., Roberts, T., Christiansen, S. L., & Marshall, C. M. (1994). An evaluation of a program to help dual-earner couples share the second shift. Family Relations, 43, 213-220.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Hawkins, Alan J.; Roberts, Tomi-Ann; Christiansen, Shawn L.; and Marshall, Christina M., "An Evaluation of a Program to Help Dual-Earner Couples Share the Second Shift" (1994). Faculty Publications. 4205.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/4205
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
1994-4
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/7015
Publisher
Family Relations
Language
English
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Family Life
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