Exploring Variations in Men's Family Roles
This paper studies popular attitudes towards gender roles, specifically in regard to popular attitudes towards gender roles and family structure.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • June 01, 1996

Young Men's Attitudes to Gender and Work
This paper surveys young men's attitudes, experiences, and beliefs about the labour market, educational attainment, and male and female employment roles and responsibilities.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • May 01, 1999

The Impact of Mothers' Employment on Family Relationships
This paper looks at couples' perceptions of the impact maternal employment has on their relationship with each other and with their children.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Joseph Rowntree Foundation • July 01, 2003

A Man's Place in the Home: Fathers and Families in the UK
This report looks at family structure, public policies dealing with fatherhood issues, the importance of fathers and of their role as caregivers and providers, and a variety of barriers to active fatherhood.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • April 01, 2000

Making fathers “count”
The study examines the evolving role of Canadian fathers against a backdrop of economic, social and marital changes.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Statistics Canada • June 8, 2011

Why Wed? Young Adults Talk About Sex, Love, and First Unions
This report looks at the results of a focus group study on attitudes towards marriage, cohabitation, and the related issues of gender roles, individual autonomy, premarital sex, and financial stabilty.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey • 1999

A Report From Canada's 'Gender War Zone': Reforming The Child-Related Provisions of the Divorce Act
This study looks at ways to refocus the litigation process more on children's wellbeing without overlooking concerns about spousal abuse and its effects on children.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Canadian Journal of Family Law • August 25, 1999

Oh Boy! Oh Boy! : College Students' Prediction for Their First Child
This study examined undergraduates' gender predictions for their first child.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• National Council on Family Relations Conference Presentation • November 20, 2002

Australian Social Trends 1999: Family - Family Functioning: Looking After the Children
This report calculates the time parents spend being involved in their child's care and related activities.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • January 26, 2000

Australian Social Trends 1999: Work - Unpaid Work: How Couples Share Domestic Work
This article examines Australian statistics on how couples divide household chores, and how much time each gender spends doing domestic work.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • January 26, 2000

Portraits of Fathers
This study of fatherhood in Canada addresses issues such as the unique role of the father in the family and the impact that their absence or presence has on their families.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Vanier Insitute of the Family • 2002

Paternal Involvement with Children: The Role of Gender Ideologies
This paper examines the effects of parental gender ideologies on the nature and extent of fathers' involvement with their children.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Center for Family and Demographic Research • 2003

The Intergenerational Transmission of Gender Role Attitudes: Do Fathers Matter?
This paper examines the extent to which fathers' gender role attitudes and behaviours affect their offsprings' attitudes, both independently and in conjunction with maternal influences.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Center for Family and Demographic Research • May 2000

Fathers, Work and Family Life
This paper examines common views on the roles and responsibilities of fathers in regards to employment, caregiving, and providing financially for their families.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • June 01, 1999

The Effects of Family Characteristics and Time Use on Teenage Girls' and Boys' Household Labor
This paper looks at gender differences in teenagers' contributions to household chores, and examines how this inequality grows throughout the high school grades.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • 1998

The Formative Years: Pathways to Substance Abuse Among Girls and Young Women Ages 8-22
This study provides a comprehensive analysis of the various factors contributing to substance abuse among young females.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University • February 01, 2003

Paternal Involvement and Infant-Father Attachment: A Q-Set Study
This study found that men's involvement with their infants predicted higher levels of infant-father attachment security.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Mens Studies Press • March 22, 2004

Abstract
This study examined stay-at-home fathers and their integration of work and family.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Mens Studies Press • September 22, 2004

Predictors of Paternal Involvement in Childcare in Dual-Earner Families With Young Children
This study examined fathers in dual-earner households to determine the percentage of time fathers spend as their child's primary caregiver.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Mens Studies Press • January 1, 2006

Sexuality, Poverty, and the Inner City
This document contains two papers on poverty and sexuality in the inner-city and focuses on teenage sexual relationships and pregnancies, and the impact of increasing numbers of unwed mothers on the welfare system.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation • 1994

Revisiting Men's Role in Father Involvement: The Importance of Personal Expectations
This study examined expectant fathers' and mothers' expectations for paternal involvement to see if expectations for paternal involvement predicted paternal involvement postnatally.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Mens Studies Press • March 22, 2005

What's at the Heart of the Canadian Family?
This study asked roughly 4000 Canadians at different life stages about their perceptions of family life today.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Institute of Marriage and Family Canada • September 20, 2007

The Dove Report: Challenging Beauty
This report surveyed 1600 women ages 20 -65 in addition to 48 in depth interviews examining beauty in the context of self, social structure and one’s own life.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Unilever • 2004

The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness
In this paper the authors observe that the well-being of women in the United States has improved over the past 35 years, but the measures of subjective well-being demonstrates that women’s happiness has declined, especially compared to men.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania • September 17, 2007

Are We Having More Fun Yet? Categorizing and Evaluating Changes in Time Allocation
This paper provides two methods for collecting information about how people choose to allocate their time.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Princeton University and National Bureau of Economic Research • August 23, 2007

The Puzzle of Boys Educational Decline: A Review of the Evidence
This paper reviews past research on the growing inequalities between the academic perfomance and achievement of girls and boys.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• The Centre for Independent Studies • November 18, 1999

Australian Social Trends 2000: Income and Expenditure - Income Distribution: Female/Male Earnings
This article provides Australian statistics on wage and income disparities between males and females, and finds that, on average, men still earn more than women.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • January 26, 2000

Australian Social Trends 2001: Income and Expenditure - Income Distribution: Value of Unpaid Work
This article uses Australian statistics to estimate the economic value of unpaid work such as housework and domestic duties.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • May 20, 2002

Gender and Violence in the Mass Media
This paper discussess the gender stereotypes perpetuated by the media and looks specifically at the acts of violence by males towards females.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Health Canada • 1993

“He Doesn’t Realize That He Has To Be a Parent As Well As Someone Who Brings Home The Money”: Boys Talk about Their Parents’ Paid and Unpaid Labor
This study examines boys' perceptions of the role that their parents, particularly their fathers, should play in the family.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Center for Working Families • May 01, 2002

WHY CONGRESS SHOULD IGNORE RADICAL FEMINIST OPPOSITION TO MARRIAGE
This article provides a historical review of feminism, as well as relevant research on marriage and family, ...
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• The Heritage Foundation • June 16, 2003

Converging Gender Roles
This paper reports that men and women are increasingly sharing economic and domestic responsibilities within the Canadian Family.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Statistics Canada • July 2006

Understanding Fathering: The Early Head Start Study of Fathers of Newborns
This paper examines the impact fathers have on newborn children.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Mathematica Policy Research Inc • May 2003

Is Marriage Poisonous? Are Relationships Taxing? An Analysis of the Male Marital Wage Differential in Denmark
This paper documents a significant wage gap between married men and women in the United States and investigates whether or not a similar marital earnings differential exists in Denmark.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Institute for the Study of Labor • May 2005

Female Breadwinner Families: Their Existence, Persistence and Sources
This paper examines couple households in which the female partner in the primary breadwinner for the household.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne • August 2004

Socialization to Gender Roles and Marriage Among Egyptian Adolescents
This paper explores differences in gender roles and attitudes among Egyptian youth aged 16 to 19.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Population Council, Policy Research Division • 2000

The Performance of Canada's Youth in Mathematics, Reading, Science and Problem Solving
Canadian students are among the top academically according to a recent international comparison of math, science, literacy, and problem solving abilities.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Statistics Canada • December 2004

Attitudes Towards Infidelity - 2001
The survey asked 803 people which gender they felt was more likely to have an affair, whether each gender was more likely to have an affair than 20 years ago, and about the relationship between infidelity and marital satisfaction.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Ipsos-Reid/CTV • March 01, 2001

Gender Preferences for Children Revisited: New Evidence from Germany
This paper examines gender preferences for children among parents and childless couples in Germany.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research • May 2002

The Impact of Attitudes on Marriage Behaviour
This paper studies the way in which attitudes concerning such issues as gender roles, work, financial stability, and the economic and emotional implications of marriage affect the likelihood and timing of marriage in contemporary America.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• John Hopkins University • 1996

The Complexity of Fathers’ Parenting Responsibilities and Involvement with Nonresident Children
This paper examines the complexity of parenting for non-resident fathers, and looks at how the obligations and circumstances of these arrangements affect child support and visitation.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Population Studies Center • June 2001

All the Ties that Bind: Race, Ethnicity, and Why Families Support Adult Children
This paper discusses racial and ethnic differences in parental support for adult children, and investigates factors that influence parents' decisions to support some of their children but not others.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Population Studies Center • September 2001

Measuring Father Involvement in Young Children’s Lives: Recommendations for a Fatherhood Module for the ECLS-B
This paper examines current knowledge about fatherhood, father involvement in children's lives, and the impact of father involvement on children's cognitive and behavioural outcomes.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• National Center for Education Statistics • February 2001

Gender, Employment, and Housework
This paper compares the employment status of, and the division of household labour, amongst married couples in Japan and the US.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison • 1996

The Impact of Gender Role Attitudes on Sterilization Decisions
This paper studies the impact of gender attitudes and roles on the occurrences of sterilization.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison • April 2000

Marriage, Wealth, and Unemployment Duration: A Gender Asymmetry Puzzle
This paper looks at the ways in which men and women's success in securing employment is affected by their spouse's income.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Institute for the Study of Labor • May 2005

Gender, Time Use and Models of the Household
This paper emphasizes the importance of factoring time use data into measurements of gender equality, household allocation of resources, living standards, and the behavioural effects of policy changes.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Institute for the Study of Labor • June 2003

Job Protection: The Macho Hypothesis
This paper examines factors which motivate certain countries to adopt job protection legislation.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Institute for the Study of Labor • June 2004

The Impact of the One-Child Policy on Child Well-Being and Gender Differential
This paper examines the effects of China's one-child policy on child well-being.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Center for Research on Families • April 2003

The Influence of the Distribution of Household and Childrearing Tasks between Men and Women on Childbearing Intentions in Austria
This paper examines the influence of shared responsibility for child care and household labour on plans for future childbearing among couples with one child.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research • January 2002

Son Preference and Sex Composition of Children: Evidence from India
This analysis of demographic data demonstrates a preference for sons among parents in India.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Population Association of America • 2000

Correlates of Family Routines in Head Start Families
This study examines the relationship between family routines and other phenomena that affect the family.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative • Spring 2004

Girls Preferred? Changing Patterns of Gender Preferences in the Two German States
In this study of gender preferences for children, the author suggests that preference for sons declines as the provision of social benefits by a welfare state becomes more generous, and the state replaces a son as a reliable source of income during times of economic hardship.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research • September 1999

Gendering the Family Composition: Sex Preferences for Children and Childbearing Behavior in the Nordic Countries
This paper challenges the hypothesis that parents' gender preferences for children disappear in countries with high levels of gender equality.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research • June 3, 2004

Determinants of Unemployment Duration for Men and Women in Turkey
This paper examines the probability and duration of unemployment among males and females in Turkey.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Institute for the Study of Labor • August 01, 2004

Unemployment and Income Distribution
This paper looks at the personal and family incomes of household members who are unemployed, discusses gender differences in this regard, and examines sources of income for unemployed families and individuals.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling • August 01, 1998

The Dreams and the Reality: Assets, Debts, and Net Worth of Canadian Households
This report examines assets, debts and net worth of Canadians by using Statistics Canada data from 1999.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• The Vanier Institute of the Family • 2000

Financial Living Standards After Divorce: A Recent Snapshot
This paper examines the post-divorce financial experiences and living standards of men and women by comparing their wages, income, housing costs, and payment or collection of child support.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Australian Institute of Family Studies • December 01, 2000

Reinventing Fatherhood: Toward an Historical Understanding of Continuity and Change in Men's Family Lives
The authors argue that researchers in the U.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• National Center on Fathers and Families • December 01, 1998

A Profile of Women's Health Indicators in Canada
This paper offers an analysis of the financial, social-psychological, lifestyle, and environmental determinants of women's health.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• GPI Atlantic • July 01, 2003

Where Do Fathers Fit In?
This paper investigates the role of fathers in family life and in a child's development from infancy through to adolescence.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• CIVITAS: The Institute for the Study of Civil Society • December 01, 2001

Australian Family Briefing: Work and Family Values, Preferences and Practice
This study looked at the actual and preferred working hours of parents in the workforce and at the work and family preferences of those not working.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Australian Institute of Family Studies • 1997

Men’s Perceptions of Their Roles and Responsibilities Regarding Sex, Contraception and Childrearing
This study, based on data from the 1991 National Survey of Men, looks at men's beliefs about their role, in relation to women's, in making decisions pertaining to sex, contraception, and the care of children.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • October 01, 1996

Caring Differently: A Time-Use Analysis of the Type and Social Context of Child Care Performed by Fathers and Mothers
This paper examines differences in the child care patterns and activities of mothers and fathers.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Social Policy Research Center • September 01, 2002

Gender Roles: A Series of National Surveys of Teens About Sex
This article presents the results of a public poll of teenagers on their sexual attitudes and practices including concerns about STD's, the use of contraceptives, and views on gender roles in relationships.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation • December 01, 2002

Attitudes Toward Sexual Responsibility and Parenting: An Exploratory Study of Young Urban Males
This study explores the possibility that there might be differences in sexual behaviour and attitudes towards contraception, parenting, and pregnancy among teenage fathers as compared to non-fathers.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • December 01, 1997

Unmarried Parents and Models of Fatherhood: New or Conventional Ideas about Paternal Involvement
This study examines the beliefs of unmarried, low-income fathers from varying racial and ethnic backgrounds regarding the role they should play in their children's lives.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • August 10, 1999

The Time Cost of Parenthood: An Analysis of Daily Workload
This paper examines the amount of time that parents spend caring for their children, and the impact that this has on the division of labour in a household.
• Category: Family Relations > Gender Differences and Roles
• Social Policy Research Centre • October 01, 2002