Lui, Ching Wu Lake. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 213-225). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgements --- p.i / Abstract --- p.iii / 論文摘要 --- p.iv / Chapter Chapter 1: --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Background of the research --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2 --- Research Site --- p.7 / Chapter 1.3 --- Objective and significance --- p.12 / Chapter 1.4 --- Research Questions --- p.15 / Chapter 1.5 --- Map of the thesis --- p.16 / Chapter Chapter 2: --- Literature Review --- p.19 / Chapter 2.1 --- Prevalent Theoretical Explanation on Household Division of Labor --- p.20 / Chapter 2.2 --- Theoretical Framework of this research --- p.29 / Chapter Chapter 3: --- Research Methodology --- p.39 / Chapter 3.1 --- Sample --- p.39 / Chapter 3.2 --- Recruitment of Couples and Data Collection --- p.42 / Chapter 3.3 --- Issues in the Interviews --- p.44 / Chapter 3.4 --- Data Analysis --- p.48 / Chapter Chapter 4: --- Does Spousal Difference in Economic Resources vary Housework Distribution? --- p.52 / Chapter 4.1 --- Nature of housework --- p.52 / Chapter 4.2 --- Who does what and more? --- p.57 / Chapter 4.3 --- Earning and Housework Division --- p.70 / Chapter Chapter 5: --- Gender Ideology and Household Division of Labor --- p.73 / Chapter 5.1 --- Overview of Couples´ة Gender Ideology --- p.73 / Chapter 5.2 --- Couples with Traditional Gender Ideology and Household Division of Labor --- p.75 / Chapter 5.3 --- Sparks of Egalitarianism in Couples --- p.94 / Chapter Chapter 6: --- Gender Strategies of Couples in Housework Division --- p.102 / Chapter 6.1 --- Husbands´ة strategies --- p.103 / Chapter 6.2 --- Women´ةs compliance --- p.109 / Chapter 6.3 --- Women´ةs resistance --- p.117 / Chapter Chapter 7: --- "Children, In-laws and Doing Gender of Couples" --- p.125 / Chapter 7.1 --- How do children escalate the doing gender of husbands and wives? --- p.125 / Chapter 7.2 --- How do parent-in-laws and parents escalate the doing gender of husbands and wives? --- p.144 / Chapter Chapter 8: --- Undoing gender: Willing househusbands and Women's liberation? --- p.165 / Chapter 8.1 --- The Context of Undoing Gender --- p.165 / Chapter 8.2 --- Comparing Househusbands and Housewives: Is gender still relevant? --- p.167 / Chapter 8.3 --- Experimenting a Househusband's life: How to undo gender? --- p.177 / Chapter Chapter 9: --- Conclusion --- p.196 / Chapter 9.1 --- Key Findings --- p.196 / Chapter 9.2 --- Implications of the study --- p.201 / Appendix 1: Labor Force Participation Rates by Sex --- p.204 / "Appendix 2: Labor Force Participation Rates at Specific Ages by Sex, 1991," --- p.205 / Appendix 3: Household division of labor of married couples in 1987，1993 and 1995 --- p.206 / Appendix 4: Relative Share of Housework of Economically Active Men and Women --- p.207 / Appendix 5: Interview Schedule --- p.208 / Bibliography --- p.213

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