Division of Household Work: A Decade Comparison—1967–1977

Although the seventies brought changes in the composition of the labor force, these changes were not, on the average, accompanied by changes in the division of labor within two‐parent, two‐child households. Time data, collected from this family type in 1967 and 1977, indicate that wives even when employed outside the home still spend more time in household production than other family members. Wives spent less time in dishwashing and care of clothing activities while children spent more time shopping in 1977 than in 1967. The input to all household production by the total family remained approximately 10 hours per day.