A Quantitative Gender Analysis of Public and Private Spheres: How Having a Spouse or Child Affects Individuals’ Time Spent Outside and Inside the Home

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  • Yagishita Minoru
    東京都立大学大学院　人文科学研究科　博士後期課程

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  • 公的・私的領域の性別分離の計量ジェンダー分析――配偶者や子どもを持つことは男女の家の外・中で過ごす時間にどのような影響を与えるのか?――
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<p>Although gender segregation of the public and private spheres once reigned in the modern family, it seems to have waned in recent years. However, previous research drawing on interviews has shown that having a husband or child makes women’s lives home-centered. Using Japanese Life Course Panel Surveys, this study investigates whether Japanese married women and mothers spend less time outside the home compared to men because of their larger share of housework. Fixed-effects models showed that having a spouse or child decreases women’s time spent outside and increases the time spent inside the home. After controlling for housework, some independent variables are still significant. These findings suggest that another mechanism is at work behind the gender segregation of the spheres.</p>

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