Conjugal Roles in the Household

The Conjugal role of a man and a woman in the house

In this research study I am going to investigate the conjugal roles within the household. I am carrying out this study because I have noticed that the women are doing most of the household tasks in my immediate family. I am curious to find out how other families share household tasks. I intend to find out if household tasks are shared equally between men and women in the house. Based on the information I gathered, I will prove my hypothesis that women are still performing the majority of household tasks and that the division of household tasks is based on gender.
Method
I am using a brief questionnaire for this research that will revealed how household tasks are divided between a man and a woman in the house. I am going to hand out the questionnaire to 21 married people aged between 20 and 55 in my church. The questionnaire consisted of the following questions:
|Who in your home usually: | | | |
| |A Male |A Female |Both Male & Female|
|Prepares the meals | | | |
|Does the dishes | | | |
|Shops for groceries | | | |
|Does the household cleaning | | | |
|Makes the beds | | | |
|Does the laundry | | | |
|Maintains the household budget | | | |
|Mows the lawn | | | |
|Shovels snow | | | |
|Cleans the car | | | |
|Takes out the garbage | | | |

Results The sample of people that answered my questionnaire consisted of 3 males and 18 females of different ethnic groups. However, the majority of participants were Hispanic. The following table shows how couples divide the household tasks in their home:
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The men score higher on the following tasks: 8 maintain the household budget, 18 mow the lawn, 13 shovel snow, 10 clean the car and 13 take out the garbage. Women score higher on the following tasks: 15 prepare the meals, 12 do the dishes, 14 do the household cleaning, 19 make the beds and 11 do the laundry. Based on this information I have concluded that the division of household tasks is based on gender. The following tasks were shared: 6 prepare the meals, 5 do the dishes, 10 shop for groceries, 7 do the household cleaning, 1 make the beds, 8 do the laundry, 6 maintain the household budget, 3 mow the lawn, 8 shovel snow, 9 clean the car and 8 take out the garbage. These results show that even though household tasks are being shared, women are still doing the majority of household tasks.