Power, autonomy and division of labor in Mexican dual-earner families / Irene Casique.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Casique, Irene.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Married women--Employment--Mexico.

Married women.

Work and family--Mexico.

Work and family.

Sexual division of labor--Mexico.

Sexual division of labor.

Married women--Employment.

Mexico.

Physical Description:

xiii, 183 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2001]

Contents:

Chapter 1. Objectives and Hypotheses 1

1.1 Objectives and Significance 1

1.2 Working Hypotheses 3

1.3 Data and Methods 8

Chapter 2. Theoretical Background 17

2.1 Conceptualizing Women's Power and Autonomy 17

2.1.1 Women's Power 17

2.1.2 Women's Autonomy 20

2.1.3 Household Division of Labor 21

2.2 The Links between Education and Women's Power, Women's Autonomy and Household Division of Labor 23

2.3 The Links between Female Employment and Women's Power, Women's Autonomy and Household Divison of Labor 26

2.4 The Mexican Case 29

Chapter 3. Married Women's Power: Female Employment and other Determinants 33

3.1 Differences in Wives' Power by Labor Force Participation, Education and Region of Residence 35

3.1.1 The Effect of Employment on Married Women's Power 35

3.1.2 The Effect of Education on Married Women's Power 39

3.1.3 The Effect of Region of Residence on Married Women's Power 40

3.2 A Global Measure of Women's Power and its Determinants 43

3.2.1 Consistency of a Global Measure of Power: Factor Analysis 43

3.2.2 Predicting Wife's Global Power 45

3.3 Determinants of Married Women's Power: Probit Regressions 47

Chapter 4. Married Women's Autonomy: Female Employment and other Determinants 57

4.1 Differences in Wive's Autonomy by Labor Force Participation, Education and Region of Residence 59

4.1.1 The Effect of Employment on Married Women's Autonomy 59

4.1.2 The Effect of Education on Married Women's Autonomy 61

4.1.3 The Effect of Region of Residence on Married Women's Autonomy 63

4.2 A Global Measure of Women's Autonomy and its Determinants 64

4.2.1 Consistency of a Global Measure of Autonomy: a Global Analysis 64

4.2.2 Predicting Wife's Global Autonomy 66

4.3 Determinants of Married Women's Autonomy: Logit Regressions 68

Chapter 5. Husband's Participation in Household Work: Female Employment and other Determinants 71

5.1 Differences in Husband's Participation in Household by Wife's Labor Force Participation, Education and Region of Residence 72

5.1.1 The Effect of Wife's Participation in Labor Market on Husband's Participation in Household Work 72

5.1.2 The Effect of Wife's Education on Husband's Participation in Housework 74

5.1.3 The Effect of Region of Residence on Husband's Participation in Housework 77

5.2 A Global Measure of Husband's Participation in Household Tasks 79

5.2.1 Consistency of a Global Measure of Husband's Participation in Housework: A Factor Analysis 79

5.2.2 Predicting Husband's Participation in Household Labor 81

5.3 Determinants of Husband's Participation in Household Labor: Probit Regressions 83

Chapter 6. The Endogenity of Women's Labor Force Participation as Independent Variable 93

Chapter 7. Experiences and Perceptions of Wives and Husbands 105

7.1 Introduction to the Qualitative Analysis 105

7.2 Characteristics of the Sample 107

7.3 A Description of the Context 110

7.4 Wives' and Husbands' Interpretation of Women's Work 115

7.4.1 Wives' Interpretation 115

7.4.2 Husbands' Interpretation 124

7.5 Wives' and Husbands' Interpretation of Family Decision-Making Processes and Wife's Power 129

7.5.1 Wives' Interpretation 129

7.5.2 Husbands' Interpretation 134

7.6 Wives' and Husbands' Interpretation of Wife's Autonomy 137

7.6.1 Wives' Interpretation 137

7.6.2 Husbands' Interpretation 141

7.7 Wives' and Husbands' Interpretation of Husbands' Participation in Housework 143

7.7.1 Wives' Interpretation 143

7.7.2 Husbands' Interpretation 147

8.2 Significance of Power, Autonomy and Household Division of Labor 157

8.3 Policy Implications 162.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [165]-180) and index.

ISBN:

0761821201

OCLC:

47838537