SOC 3371 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Social Exchange Theory
12 Nov 2020
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Egalitarian model of partnership: flexibility in tasks performed by each partner, mutual support for each other"s roles. Figure 8. 2: minutes per day spent in housework and child care, americans aged 25 to 59, by. Social exchange theory: as wives" earnings increase, they become less dependent and their household powers increase. Time-diary studies: husbands do not increase time spent with children when their wives are employed, husbands take more responsibility for routine care. As the mother"s income rises, the couple is likely to purchase more outside care for children. Wives working part-time do more child care and housework than wives working full-time: husbands do not seem to adjust time allocations. More the money made by the wife, more the expenditure on substitutes for housework or child care: husband"s income is not spent. Fathers take responsibility when wives work for pay, but wives feel more pressure. Joint demands of work and family leave no time for relaxation and recreation.
