Parenthood and Domestic Division of Labour in Spain, 2002-2010

Abstract

The literature on the division of domestic work has revealed the infl uence
of the life cycle on family organization. Concretely, the arrival of children
seems to have a signifi cant impact on the division of domestic tasks. This
article looks at the effect of parenthood in the Spanish case, examining
whether couples with children have a more traditional division of work
than couples without children, and if so, in what way, and whether there
have been changes in this trend over time. For this purpose, we follow the
the empirical strategy of Dribe and Stanfors (2009) for the Swedish case,
analyzing the time devoted to different activities using data from time use
surveys from 2002-2003 and 2009-2010.