Relation of Labor Time and Domestic Labor Time of the couple

Abstract

The purpose of this analysis is to examine the primary factors of household division of labor in Japan. This study used 1,200 couples' data sub-sampled from the 1995 survey of time use and leisure activities conducted by Statistic Bureau. By multivariable analysis, we got the following findings. First : husbands' and wives' hours spent on domestic labor are determined by their own working hours, especially these of wives'. Second : they are also determined by their partner's working hours. But husbands' hours only increased when wives' hours spent on labor activities are longer than theirs. Third : they aren't determined by their partner's domestic working hours : husbands' and wives' domestic working hours aren't in a relation of a trade-off. As concerns differences of primary factors of household labor between spouses, these findings indicated that husbands do the labor if wives couldn't do it. Key words : household labor, gender division of labor, work hours 2002, Japanese Journal of Family Sociology, 13(2): 73-84 ‚Ü‚Á‚¾ ‚µ ‚° ‚«,‚· ‚¸‚«‚¸‚« ‚ä ‚« ‚¨:Š" Ž® ‰ï ŽÐƒ‰ ƒCƒt ƒf ƒUƒCƒ"OE¤ ‹ † •Š Life Design Institute,