"Thank U, Next"? Repartnering and the Household Division of Labor.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Drawing on life course and gender theories, this study tests competing hypotheses about the effect of repartnering on women's and men's levels and shares of housework.

Background

Amidst increasing cohabitation rates and union instability, women and men are likely to form and dissolve multiple marital and non-marital unions with different partners over the life course. However, most of our knowledge about the role of past relationships are based on cross-sectional studies comparing first- and higher-order union. This study investigates whether people change their housework arrangements upon repartnering and whether women and men experience similar patterns of change in heterosexual relationships.

Method

The analysis draws on 40 years of longitudinal data from

SUBMITTER: Ophir A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9231825 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature