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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

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"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)