| Title |
Older adults in the division of domestic labor in communities on the outskirts of Beirut
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|---|---|
| Published in |
European Journal of Ageing, August 2006
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10433-006-0031-3 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Rima R. Habib, Ayman Zohry, Iman Nuwayhid, Faten Najdi |
| Abstract |
The gendered division of domestic labor has been widely studied over the last three decades. However, older adults' contribution to housework, especially in patriarchal communities in the Middle East, has been largely overlooked. This article examined the participation of older members of the household in domestic labor in three communities in the outskirts of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. Drawing on a sample of 2,797 households, the results revealed that three salient factors seemed to have the major impact on older adults' participation in domestic labor; these were the presence of adult women (18-59 years old) in the household, the marital status and age of older adults. Older men's participation in domestic labor was much lower than that of older women, suggesting that a gender divide exists among older adults in the patriarchal setting of the study. Housework remains feminized in the later stage of life. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 7 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 29% |
| Professor | 1 | 14% |
| Other | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 3 | 43% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 2 | 29% |
| Psychology | 1 | 14% |
| Environmental Science | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 3 | 43% |
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