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Gender Gap in Housework: Couples' Data Analysis in Kyrgyzstan.

We analyze couples' time-use diaries from the 2012–2013 Life in Kyrgyzstan data. Using the pooled Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition method, we test the relative resources, time availability, absolute resources, and gender-centered frameworks in their ability to explain gender differences in housework par...

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Published in:Journal of Comparative Family Studies Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 154 - 188
Main Authors: Kolpashnikova, Kamila, Kan, Man-Yee
Format: Article
Published: University of Toronto Press 2020
Subjects:
Kyrgyzstan
Housekeeping
Gender
Data analysis
Decomposition method
Computer performance
Bargaining power
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        Kyrgyzstan
        Housekeeping
        Gender
        Data analysis
        Decomposition method
        Computer performance
        Bargaining power
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          Housekeeping
          Gender
          Kyrgyzstan
          Janitorial services (except window cleaning)
          Janitorial Services
          Data analysis
          Decomposition method
          Computer performance
          Bargaining power
      keyword:
        différence de genres
        emploi du temps
        gender gap
        housework tasks
        Kirghizistan
        tâches ménagères
        time use
        différence de genres
        emploi du temps
        Kirghizistan
        tâches ménagères
        différence de genres
        emploi du temps
        gender gap
        housework tasks
        Kirghizistan
        tâches ménagères
        time use
        différence de genres
        emploi du temps
        Kirghizistan
        tâches ménagères
      ab: We analyze couples' time-use diaries from the 2012–2013 Life in Kyrgyzstan data. Using the pooled Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition method, we test the relative resources, time availability, absolute resources, and gender-centered frameworks in their ability to explain gender differences in housework participation among Kyrgyzstani women and men. The results show that among the three resource-based approaches, the time availability models are the most potent in accounting for the gender gap in housework, followed by the relative resources framework. Both frameworks emphasize household bargaining processes and power differentials between spouses. The findings suggest that among Kyrgyzstani couples, partners' time availability and, with it, bargaining power play an important role in the division of housework tasks. In contrast, absolute resources can account only for a small portion of the gender differences in housework participation.
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