Division of Household Labor and Marital Satisfaction in China, Japan, and Korea
@inproceedings{Oshio2011DivisionOH,
title={Division of Household Labor and Marital Satisfaction in China, Japan, and Korea},
author={Takashi Oshio},
year={2011}
}- Published 2011
In this study, we compare the association of marital satisfaction with the division of labor between husband and wife in Asia, based on Chinese, Japanese, and Korean General Social Surveys in 2006 (N = 2,346, 997, and 990, respectively). Results show that in all three countries, wives are less satisfied than husbands with marriage, mainly because wives do disproportionately more housework than husbands. Aside from this common gender difference, there are noticeable differences among the three… CONTINUE READING