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Culture portability from origin to destination country: The gender division of domestic work among migrants in Italy

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العنوان: Culture portability from origin to destination country: The gender division of domestic work among migrants in Italy
المؤلفون: Elisa Brini, Anna Zamberlan, Paolo Barbieri
المصدر: Demographic Research, Vol 47, p 20 (2022)
بيانات النشر: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, 2022.
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: LCC:Demography. Population. Vital events
مصطلحات موضوعية: childcare, culture, epidemiology, gender, housework, migration, Demography. Population. Vital events, HB848-3697
الوصف: Background: The relative importance of a cultural component in the gender division of unpaid labour is still debated. Objective: Drawing on the epidemiological approach to the study of culture, we investigate the cultural component of gender inequality by examining whether gender asymmetries in housework and childcare in families with a migrant background relate to gender equity in the country of origin. Methods: Through multilevel models based on microlevel data (Istat SCIF survey), we examine the extent to which the division of household labour between immigrant partners living in Italy relates to gender equity in their origin country, proxied by the Global Gender Gap Index. We further analyse the changing importance of gender equity in the country of origin at different lengths of stay in the destination country. Conclusions: Immigrants from more (less) gender-equal countries display greater (lower) equality in the division of routine housework and childcare activities. However, gender equity in the origin country loses its importance for couples living in the destination country for a longer time. These findings point to a significant contribution of culture of origin to gender inequality in the intra-couple division of unpaid labour. Yet nonnegligible differences exist between specific housework and childcare tasks and depending on the time spent in the hosting country. Contribution: Our study contributes to the literature on gender inequalities by providing new evidence on the relationship between culture of origin and the division of specific housework and childcare tasks in families with a migrant background.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1435-9871
Relation: https://www.demographic-research.org/articles/volume/47/20; https://doaj.org/toc/1435-9871
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2022.47.20
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/07725266e3074b99ae5bb60de06571fe
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.07725266e3074b99ae5bb60de06571fe
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:14359871
DOI:10.4054/DemRes.2022.47.20