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This study investigates whether housework has become degendered over time in the United States, addressing differing scholarly assessments of gender change.

July 26, 2026Social Forces

The stalled gender housework revolution in the United States

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PIPatrick IshizukaWashington University in St. Louis

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Longitudinal analysis reveals limited progress in the gender housework gap, indicating stalled reform in family roles.

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This study investigates whether housework has become degendered over time in the United States, addressing differing scholarly assessments of gender change.
Utilized longitudinal data from the 1976–2023 waves of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics.
Assessed the residual gender housework gap and gender symmetry using novel indicators.
Employed individual fixed-effects models to analyze associations of cohabitation, marriage, children, and work with housework.
The overall gender housework gap has declined, but the share accounted for by observed predictors remains small and unchanged.
Cohabitation and marriage are strongly linked to increases in women's housework compared to men's across periods.
Attenuation in the associations of paid work hours and earnings with housework suggests less consistent gender asymmetry over time.

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Patrick Ishizuka (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a65a551d3aea3239cd77627 https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/soag098

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