TY - JOUR
T1 - Father involvement in child care and household work in common-law dual-earner and single-earner Jamaican families
AU - Roopnarine, Jaipaul L.
AU - Brown, Janet
AU - Snell-White, Priscilla
AU - Riegraf, Nancy Beth
AU - Crossley, Devon
AU - Hossain, Ziarat
AU - Webb, Wayne
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by a grant from the Faculty Development Fund in the College for Human Development at Syracuse University to the first author. This support is gratefully acknowledged. Correspondence and requests for reprints should be sent to Jaipaul Roopnarine, Syracuse University, College of Human Development, 112 Slocum Hall, Syracuse, NY 13210-1250.
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - The division of chile care and household labor and beliefs about the roles of mothers and fathers were examined in 86 low-income dual-earner and single-earner Jamaican couples in common-law unions. Analysis revealed that there was a markedly gender-differentiated pattern of involvement in child care and household tasks by parents and that they held very traditional conceptions of the roles of mothers and fathers. Both mothers and fathers were more likely to spend time playing with rather than feeding or cleaning their babies. Involvement in child care did not differ as a function of the gender of the infant, but involvement in child care and household work did vary by mother's employment status. Jamican men's participation in child care and household activities was quite similar to what has been reported for men in other cultural groups. The data are discussed in terms of the commonly accepted notion of the "marginal" role of Jamaican men in the family and in the context of gender roles.
AB - The division of chile care and household labor and beliefs about the roles of mothers and fathers were examined in 86 low-income dual-earner and single-earner Jamaican couples in common-law unions. Analysis revealed that there was a markedly gender-differentiated pattern of involvement in child care and household tasks by parents and that they held very traditional conceptions of the roles of mothers and fathers. Both mothers and fathers were more likely to spend time playing with rather than feeding or cleaning their babies. Involvement in child care did not differ as a function of the gender of the infant, but involvement in child care and household work did vary by mother's employment status. Jamican men's participation in child care and household activities was quite similar to what has been reported for men in other cultural groups. The data are discussed in terms of the commonly accepted notion of the "marginal" role of Jamaican men in the family and in the context of gender roles.
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U2 - 10.1016/0193-3973(95)90015-2
DO - 10.1016/0193-3973(95)90015-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0039650354
SN - 0193-3973
VL - 16
SP - 35
EP - 52
JO - Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
IS - 1
ER -