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Card 6

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Found wives who work full-time do 10% less housework

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Card 7

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Studied 1,500 couples and found only 4% of men take responsibility for childcare

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Card 8

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Found 78% of dads will play with children but only 1% will take responsibility for a sick child

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Card 9

Front

Identified the wife's 'triple shift': female paid work, domestic labour and emotional work

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Card 10

Front

Identified woman as responsible for organising and planning family 'quality time'

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Card 11

Front

Identified cultural/ideological and material/economic explanations for unequal division of labour

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Card 12

Front

Found lesbian couples have more symmetrical relationships due to absence of traditional 'gender scripts'

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Card 13

Front

Found for every £10,000 a year a woman earns, she does 2 hours less housework per week

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Card 14

Front

Identified hierarchy of decision making, with more important financial decisions left to husbands

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Card 15

Front

Identified allowance system and pooling as types of control over family budget

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