Abstract
Recently, it seems that female lifestyles are diversifying, but this diversification does not always bring about greater choices. Housework is still deemed to be women's work. In Japan few studies have examined the factors of housework time. This study uses data from a Time Budget Survey in Matsuyama city to analyze differences in time spent on housework by married women. Married women's housework time is generally controlled by four factors; their employment status, family type, the degree of cooperation obtained and the number of children. In terms of housework, married women's lifestyles can be classified into six types according to the housework hours and related factors. According to the results, all types of women are kept busy by housework and/or paid employ. Particuarly, women with people who cooperate with housework have less leisure time than any other groups.This suggests that married women are strongly influenced by gender role ideology.
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