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For the set of 25 questions measuring enjoyment of childcare tasks, female professionals had higher mean enjoyment scores than males on 24 of the 25 tasks

Topic: Parenthood

Source

Citation: Gender Roles and Infant/Toddler Care: Male and Female Professors on the Tenure Track, p. 23

Author(s): Rhoads, Rhoads

Institution(s): University of Virginia, University of Connecticut

Link: http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/ebs/6/1/13.pdf&uid=2012-24855-003&db=PA

Nation(s): United States

Year(s): 2012

Source: Primary

Type: Interview

Discussion

Other Notes:

“The association of enjoyment of childcare with gender role attitudes or leave-taking status is not statistically significant, which suggests that sex differences in the enjoyment of childcare will not be easily changed by changes in policies or gender role ideology.” (p. 13)