Keywords
domestic labor, dual-earner couples, family work
Abstract
This study explored the psychometric properties of the Orientation Toward Domestic Labor Questionnaire (ODL-Q) with a sample of 622 dual-earner wives. Adequate internal consistency reliability was obtained for most of the construct in the ODL-Q. In addition, construct validity for the ODL-Q was provided with multiple regression and discriminant analyses of the constructs' relationships to wives' sense of fairness about family work. The ODL-Q scales accounted for 57% of the variance in wives' sense of fairness. Effective communication about domestic labor (expressions of appreciation, sympathetic listening, mutual decision making) was by far the most powerful predictor and discriminator of fairness. Further validity was demonstrated in a cluster analysis identifying 3 groups of dual-earner wives suggested by A. Hochschild's (1989) qualitative study of family work. Implications for the construction of gender through domestic labor are discussed.
Original Publication Citation
Hawkins, A. J., Marshall, C. M., & Allen, S. M. (1998). The Orientation toward Domestic Labor Questionnaire: Understanding dual-earner wives’ sense of fairness about family work. Journal of Family Psychology, 12, 244-258.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Hawkins, Alan J.; Marshall, Christina M.; and Allen, Sarah M., "The Orientation Toward Domestic Labor Questionnaire: Exploring Dual-Earner Wives' Sense of Fairness About Family Work" (1998). Faculty Publications. 4211.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/4211
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
1998
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/7021
Publisher
Journal of Family Psychology
Language
English
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Family Life
Copyright Status
Copyright 1998 by the American Psychological Association, Inc.
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