Married men do less housework worldwide
RALEIGH, N.C. (UPI) -- A study of more than 17,000 people in 28 countries found that married men report doing less housework than live-in boyfriends, U.S. researchers said. Sociologist Shannon Davis of George Mason University, and co-authors Theodore Greenstein and Jennifer Gerteisen Marks of North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C., say their key finding suggests the institution of marriage changes the division of labor even for couples who see men and women as equal. The study, published in Journal of Family Issues, found that in married relationships, even if an egalitarian viewpoint is present, men still report doing less housework than their wives. "Our research suggests that couples across many countries are influenced by similar factors when deciding how to divide the housework," Davis says in a statement. "It's the way the society has defined what being married means, the institution itself, that affects behavior." The researchers say they did not track co-habitating couples over time to see if their division of housework changed after marriage.
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