Personal Consumption and Gender
An Analysis of National Survey Data on the Relation between Standards of Living, Gender, Marital Status and Work
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2325975 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Taylor-Gooby (0000-0002-4825-1250, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 273-284 |
| Publication date | 1985-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0385 • E-ISSN: 1469-8684 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0038038585019002009 |
| OpenAlex | W2014641662 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 7 |
This paper reanalyses data from the 'Breadline Britain' poverty survey to examine differences in personal consumption between men and women. It has been argued (a) that resource allocation in marriage reflects the pattern of inequalities in society, so that married women tend to have a lower level of consumption than married men; and (b) that women's involvement in paid work may not enhance their personal command over resources, because the extra income is absorbed by other members of the household. An index of personal consumption (as distinct from joint consumption, shared with other members of the household) was constructed from information on who had access to items which are normally consumed on an individual basis. This was related to marital status, participation and other characteristics for men and women. The analysis shows that, for women, both being married and being engaged in paid work tend to be associated with a higher individual standard of living to a far greater extent than is the case for men. Neither of the arguments mentioned above is supported
Consumption (sociology) · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · General Social Survey · Inequality · Marital status · Personal consumption expenditures price index · Personal income · Personal network · Population · Poverty · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics) · Demography · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Social Policy and Reform Studies
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 2022 (37) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |