Paid work and domestic labor in disadvantaged communities on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon

This article explored the association between economic activity and the contribution to domestic labor in a Middle Eastern society. Analyses were carried out on cross-sectional survey data from 5,998 individuals, aged between 18 and 64 years, in three poor communities in the suburbs of Beirut, Leban...

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Published in:Sex roles 2006-09, Vol.55 (5-6), p.321-329
Main Authors: HABIB, Rima R, NUWAYHID, Iman A, YERETZIAN, Joumana S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arabs
Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
Biological and medical sciences
Communities
Community Relations
Disadvantaged
Economic activity
Employed Women
Family (Sociological Unit)
Females
Financial management
Foreign Workers
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gender differences
Home Management
Households
Houses
Housework
Ideology
Indexes
Indexes (Measures)
Labor Force Nonparticipants
Labor market
Labour market
Lebanon
Load
Low income neighbourhoods
Maintenance
Males
Management
Men
Money Management
Older Adults
Original
Outcomes
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Researchers
Sampling
Sex Differences
Social psychology
Social role. Sex role
Speaking
Suburbs
Tasks
Women
Work
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Summary:This article explored the association between economic activity and the contribution to domestic labor in a Middle Eastern society. Analyses were carried out on cross-sectional survey data from 5,998 individuals, aged between 18 and 64 years, in three poor communities in the suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon. Domestic labor was evaluated with a composite index that takes into account both the type of task performed and the level of involvement. Housework categories included core household chores, care giving, financial management, home management, and home/car maintenance. Results showed that women continue to do most of the domestic labor in the three communities. However, women's load of domestic labor decreased as they joined the labor market, whereas men's contribution to domestic labor increased with involvement in paid work. Relatively speaking, the difference in contribution to housework between house members engaged and not engaged in paid labor was much higher for women than it was for men.
ISSN:0360-0025
1573-2762
DOI:10.1007/s11199-006-9086-z