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Vidal, Sergi ORCID: 0000-0003-4011-2077 and Lersch, Philipp M. ORCID: 0000-0003-3863-8301 (2019). Changes in gender role attitudes following couples' residential relocations. Demogr. Res., 40. S. 1111 - 1153. ROSTOCK: MAX PLANCK INST DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH. ISSN 1435-9871

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Abstract

BACKGROUND Residential relocations of couple households are associated with increases in objective gender inequality within families in paid and unpaid work. Little is known about how couples' relocations affect subjective outcomes such as attitudes. OBJECTIVE We examine whether gender role attitudes change when families move residentially in Britain, empirically addressing potential explanations. We also assess heterogeneity in outcomes by relocation distance and relocation motive. METHOD We use linear fixed-effects regression on a representative sample of 6,415 partnered women and 6,220 partnered men from the British Household Panel Survey (1991-2007). RESULTS Our results show that, on average, an individual's gender role attitudes were not significantly altered following a couple's relocation. As an exception, we find that when couples exclusively relocated for the female partner's job, men's gender role attitudes became more egalitarian post-relocation. Preliminary evidence also suggests that women's gender role attitudes are potentially affected by their exposure to residential contexts. CONTRIBUTION Despite widespread evidence regarding increases in objective gender inequality following couple relocations in Britain, our findings suggest that this does not permeate into subjective outcomes such as attitudes. Beyond expanding the knowledge on subjective sources of gender inequality that follow couples' relocations, our results also contribute to a better understanding of the dynamics of change in gender role attitudes over the life course.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Vidal, Sergi UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-4011-2077 UNSPECIFIED Lersch, Philipp M. UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-3863-8301 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-150227
DOI:	10.4054/DemRes.2019.40.39
Journal or Publication Title:	Demogr. Res.
Volume:	40
Page Range:	S. 1111 - 1153
Date:	2019
Publisher:	MAX PLANCK INST DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH
Place of Publication:	ROSTOCK
ISSN:	1435-9871
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology and Social Psychology > Department of Scociology
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language DISTANCE FAMILY MIGRATION; SUBSEQUENT EMPLOYMENT; INTERNAL MIGRATION; LABOR; IDEOLOGY; HOMEOWNERSHIP; EARNINGS; BRITAIN; WORK; PARTICIPATION Multiple languages Demography Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/15022