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WorksheetsAre couples becoming more equal?
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which view believes that an increase in women in paid work has led to an equal division of labour?
a)
March of progress
b)
Feminists
2.
Who found evidence to support the march of progress view on the impact of paid work on DoL?
a)
Gershuny's (1994) time studies
b)
Sullivan's (2000) analysis of national surveys
c)
The British Social Attitudes survey (2013)
d)
All of these
3.
Gershuny's time study on domestic work gathered....
a)
Secondary data
b)
Primary data
c)
Tertiary data
4.
Sullivan''s data analysis & the British social attitudes survey give us...
a)
Primary data
b)
Secondary data
c)
Tertiary data
5.
The feminist view says there is little evidence of the "new-man" & women now carry...
a)
More weight
b)
The worries of the world
c)
Single burdens
d)
Dual burdens
6.
Feminists highlight that the British Social Attitudes survey (2013) shows...
a)
More people think men should earn & women clean
b)
Women were least likely to look after ill family members
c)
Household tasks are still split by gender
d)
Men are most likely to cook
7.
The problem with using only quantitative data to measure the tasks...
a)
It means doing statistics
b)
It lacks qualitative info e.g. responsibility
c)
It is hard to replicate
d)
It can only use small samples
8.
Ferri & Snith (1996) found fathers took responsibility for childcare in fewer than ___ of families
a)
4%
b)
8%
c)
12%
d)
16%
9.
Dex & Ward (2007) found 78% of fathers would play with children but only __ took responsibility for a sick child.
a)
10%
b)
5%
c)
1%
d)
11%
10.
Braun, Vincent & Ball (2011) found the father was the main carer in 3 of 70 families - why did the fathers help out?
a)
Something to do whilst waiting for tea
b)
They enjoy playing power rangers
c)
They do the best dragon impressions
d)
To maintain good relationships with partners
11.
What kind of ideology did most fathers have according to Braun, Vincent & Ball (2011)?
a)
Feminist
b)
Provider
c)
Traditional
d)
Stereotyped
12.
What additional burden do women have responsibility for according to Hochschild (2013)?
a)
Managing emotions
b)
Managing finances
c)
Managing after school clubs
d)
Managing the school run
13.
Southerton (2011) adds another burden in managing family quality time - what makes this hard?
a)
Family conflict
b)
24/7 society & flexibility
c)
Unfragmented routines
d)
All of these
14.
Which explanation of gendered DoL says they are shaped by patriarchal norms?
a)
Cultural/ideological
b)
Material/economic
15.
The material/economic explanation states that as women generally earn less £ than men...
a)
They live in a material world
b)
They don't understand economics
c)
It is irrational that they do more housework
d)
It makes sense that they do more housework
16.
Gershuny (1994) supports cultural explanations of gendered DoL because he found....
a)
Couples share DoL less equally if their parents did
b)
No relationship between couples DoL and their parents DoL
c)
Couples shared DoL more equally if their parents did
d)
Couples shared DoL more equally if their parents didn't
17.
The British Social Attitudes survey (2013) showed ___% of under 35's agreed with traditional gender roles, compared to __% of over 65's
a)
10 & 30
b)
15 & 25
c)
25 & 15
d)
30 & 10
18.
Kan supported the material explanation showing that for every £10k p.a. more earned, a woman does __ less housework per week
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
19.
What did Sullivan find made the biggest difference in the gendered DoL?
a)
Parents DoL split
b)
Number of children
c)
Shift/set work patterns
d)
FT rather than PT work
20.
Women still earn less than men, what is the root cause of this according to feminists?
a)
All men
b)
Oligarchy
c)
Patriarchy
d)
Anarchy
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