The precarity of progress: implications of a shifting gendered division of labor for relationships and well‑being as a function of country‑level gender equality

Fisher, Alexandra N. and Ryan, Michelle K and Liao, Yuan-Hsi and Mikolajczak, Gosia and Riedijk, Larisa and Leander, N Pontus and Abakoumkin, Georgios and Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum and Ahmedi, Vjollca and Agostini, Maximilian and Atta, Mohsin and Bagci, Sabahat Cigdem and Belanger, Jocelyn J and Kida, Edona Berisha and Bernardo, Allan B. I. and Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit and Choi, Hoon-Seok and Cristea, Mioara and Damnjanović, Kaja and Danyliuk, Ivan and Di Santo, Daniela and Douglas, Karen M and Enea, Violeta and Fitzsimons, Gavan J and Gómez, Ángel and Gutzkow, Ben and Hamaidia, Ali and Helmy, Mai and Hudiyana, Joevarian and Jovanović, Veljko and Kende, Anna and Keng, Shian-Ling and Tra, Thi Thanh Kieu and Koc, Yasin and Kreienkamp, Jannis and Kurapov, Anton and Lantos, Nóra Anna and Lemay Jr., Edward P and Lueders, Adrian and Malik, Najma Iqbal and McCabe, Kira O and Mehulić, Jasmina and Molinario, Erica and Moyano, Manuel and Muhammad, Hayat and Muluk, Hamdi and Nisa, Claudia F and Nyúl, Boglárka and O'Keefe, Paul A and Osuna, Jose Javier Olivas and Osin, Evgeny N and Park, Joonha and Pica, Gennaro and Pierro, Antonio and Rees, Jonas H and Reitsema, Anne Margit and Rullo, Marika and Samekin, Adil and Schumpe, Birga M and Selim, Heyla A and Stanton, Michael Vicente and Tseliou, Eleftheria and vanDellen, Michelle R and Vázquez, Alexandra and Wollast, Robin and Yeung, Victoria Wai-lan and Zand, Somayeh and Žeželj, Iris Lav and Zúñiga, Claudia (2024) The precarity of progress: implications of a shifting gendered division of labor for relationships and well‑being as a function of country‑level gender equality. Sex Roles, 90 (5). pp. 642-658. ISSN 0360-0025 E-ISSN 1573-2762

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Abstract

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic saw a shift toward a more traditional division of labor–one where women took greater responsibility for household tasks and childcare than men. We tested whether this regressive shift was more acutely perceived and experienced by women in countries with greater gender equality. Cross-cultural longitudinal survey data for women and men (N = 10,238) was collected weekly during the first few months of the pandemic. Multilevel modelling analyses, based on seven waves of data collection, indicated that a regressive shift was broadly perceived but not uniformly felt. Women and men alike perceived a shift toward a more traditional division of household labor during the first few weeks of the pandemic. However, this perception only undermined women’s satisfaction with their personal relationships and subjective mental health if they lived in countries with higher levels of economic gender equality. Among women in countries with lower levels of economic gender equality, the perceived shift predicted higher relationship satisfaction and mental health. There were no such effects among men. Taken together, our results suggest that subjective perceptions of disempowerment, and the gender role norms that underpin them, should be considered when examining the gendered impact of global crisis.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Gender roles · Gender equality · Division of labor · Interpersonal relationships · Relationship quality · Well being
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman > HQ 1075 Sex role H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HM Sociology > HM1001 Social psychology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA644.C67 Coronavirus infections. COVID-19 (Disease). COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of Psychology
Depositing User:	Dr Jamilah Hanum Abdul Khaiyom
Date Deposited:	04 Jul 2024 16:28
Last Modified:	04 Jul 2024 16:58
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/112947

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