Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Author; 1 Introduction; Abstract; 1.1 Domestic Work Over the Life Course; 1.2 Italy: A Case of Lowest-Low Gender Equality; 1.3 The Life Course Approach; 1.4 Research Questions and Structure of the Book; References; 2 Theoretical Background; Abstract; 2.1 Gender Inequalities in Domestic Work: An Overview; 2.2 The Micro- and Macro-Determinants of Housework; 2.3 Theoretical Accounts for Time Spent on Childcare and Adult Care; 2.4 Explaining Housework Among Children, Adolescents and Young Adults; 2.5 Conclusions; 3 The Italian Time Use Survey; Abstract
3.1 Time Use Data: What Is It and How Can We Use It?3.2 The Italian Time Use Survey; 3.3 Gauging the Life Cycle: Respondents Age-Groups; 3.4 Analysing Housework, Childcare and Adult Care; 3.4.1 Measures; 3.4.2 Analyses; 3.4.3 Independent Variables; 3.5 Housework, Childcare and Adult Care Over the Life Course; 3.5.1 Housework; 3.5.2 Childcare; 3.5.3 Adult Care; 3.6 Conclusions; References; 4 Domestic Work Among Children, Teenagers, and Young Adults; Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Children's Housework Time and Participation: Who Is Doing What?
4.3 The Correlates of Children's Housework: Family Structure, Parental Education, Working Status and Housework Participation4.4 Conclusions; 5 Young and Beautiful. Domestic Work Among Childless Women and Men; Abstract; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Housework Among Childless Couples: Who Is Doing What?; 5.3 Determinants of Housework Among Childless Young Adults: What Matters?; 5.4 Conclusions; References; 6 Parenthood and Domestic Work: A Never-Ending Workload; Abstract; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Parents' Time on Housework; 6.3 Childcare and Adult Care; 6.4 Conclusions; References
7 When the Kids Grow up: Domestic Work Among Italians Aged 45-64Abstract; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Housework Time Among Mature Couples: Growing Differences Between Women and Men?; 7.3 Emerging Care Needs from Frail Family Members; 7.4 Conclusions; References; 8 In the Empty Nest: Housework and Adult Care Among Italians Aged 65 and Above; Abstract; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Housework Among Elder Adults; 8.3 Division of Domestic Work Among Older Adults; 8.4 Adult Care in the Empty Nest; 8.5 Conclusions; References; 9 Conclusions; Abstract
9.1 Time Use in the Domestic Setting in Italy: Essential Facts and Figures9.2 Traditional Behaviours, Traditional Attitudes?; 9.3 Changing Times: Historical Changes in Housework and Childcare; 9.4 Concluding Remarks; References
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The volume is the first to take a life-course approach to the study of domestic work in Italy. It provides a coherent and systemic overview of time spent on housework, childcare and adult care over the life course. While most previous research has focused on the time adult women and men spend on housework and the division of domestic chores among partners, this unique contribution studies the amount of time spent on chores by Italians in different phases of the life course. It addresses relevant aspects often neglected in time use studies, such as the socialization to domestic chores among children, teenagers and young adults living in the parental home and the reproduction of gender inequalities in housework at later stages of the life course.
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Time use in domestic settings throughout the life course.