Individuelle und kantonale Bestimmungsgründe des Zeitaufwands für Hausarbeit von erwerbstätigen Frauen und Männern in der Schweiz

Abstract

This article combines for the first time individual and cantonal variations of political, cultural and economic factors in order to analyze the individual time use for homework of employed Swiss women and men, living in a partnership. The analysis refers to the significance of housework as indicator for gender equality, in addition to employment. Although both spheres are reciprocal, increasing gender equality on the employment market is not automatically transmitted to the distribution of housework. The underlying correlations with cantonal contexts differ.