Household Labor Allocation Among Married and Cohabiting Couples in Italy

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2347331
AutoresSilvia Meggiolaro (0000-0002-2515-9208, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, autor de correspondencia)
Año2014
Volumen35
Número6
Páginas851-876
Fecha de publicación2014-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Family Issues (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0192-513X • E-ISSN: 1552-5481
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0192513x13491409
OpenAlexW2141472277
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas48

This article examines the differences between currently married and currently cohabiting couples in their household labor allocation in Italy, distinguishing the experience of both premarital cohabitation and previous unions with other partners. Results suggest that, on one hand, cohabiting couples present more equal arrangements of household labor time than married ones, but the more equal allocation of premarital cohabitation is not carried into marriage. On the other hand, contrary to hypothesis, the experience of previous unions does not mean more equal allocation of household labor in the current union either for marriages or for cohabitations

Cohabitation · Demographic economics · Economics · Labour economics · Political science · Time allocation · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving