Thesis (Ph. D.)--York University, 1998. Graduate Programme in Women's Studies. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 534-565). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pNQ39316.

Thesis (doctoral)--Göteborg University, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-188).

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This thesis is the result of ethnographic research conducted in a sending community in the state of Hidalgo, Mexico. This study calls into question the stereotypical view of Mexican women as passive and traditional. There are several conclusions reached during this study. First, the results reject Menjivar's (1999) and Levitt's (1998) argument. In the community studies, an unfulfilled economic or emotional absence encourages women to challenge the system of practice of Nurangi (participation in the labor force) even in the absence of a migration experience. Second, the analysis shows that contrary to our hypothesis, the physical absence of the male is not a trigger mechanism for women's participation in the labor force. Third, women from both migrant and non-migrant related groups have increased their human capital. However, migrant and non-migrant related women who participated in market activities not only expanded their human capital but also gained an economic and emotional benefit. Finally, the interviews have also shown that contrary to some literature that views Mexican women as passive and subordinate agents, the women in the Nurangi community are active agents, and what is sometimes perceived as a static gender division of labor is rather a fluid.

Inaug.-diss.--Jena. / Lebenslauf.

Inaug.-diss. - Bonn. / Lebenslauf.

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This study examines the relationship between premarital cohabitation and egalitarianism in marriage using data from the two waves of the National Survey of Families and Households (N = 13,017). Multiple regression and path analysis techniques are used to test this effect. Cohabitation is viewed as an experience in which patterns of behavior and attitudes are formed that influence later marriages. It is hypothesized that this experience leads to a more egalitarian household division of labor and less traditional gender ideologies among married individuals who cohabited premaritally, as compared to those that did not. Path models test the extent to which cohabitation’s effect on later marriages is explained by the household division of labor and gender ideology at time-1. Based on attitude-behavior research, 1) a higher correlation between household division of labor and gender ideology is expected for premarital cohabitors than for non-cohabitors; and 2) a measure of attitude toward sharing housework should better predict household division of labor than does general gender ideology. The analysis showed that premarital cohabitation does have a positive effect on household division of labor and gender ideology in marriage through indirect (and possibly direct) paths. The attitudinal and behavioral measures were not more closely linked for cohabitors, and the specific attitude-toward-thebehavior measure was not a better predictor of household division of labor than general gender ideology. I conclude from this analysis that the experience of cohabitation leads to more egalitarian marriages and that this is largely due to household labor during cohabitation. / Master of Science

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Leong Lai Ting Joyce. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 47-56). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / List of Figures --- p.v / List of Tables --- p.vi / Chapter Chapter 1: --- Introduction to the Study --- p.1 / Introduction --- p.1 / Interpersonal - Spousal Influence Behaviors --- p.4 / Defining the context --- p.4 / Developing the tactics of influence --- p.4 / Putting the influence tactics into context --- p.6 / Intrapersonal - The Appraisal Of Partners' Influence Attempts --- p.7 / The perspective of reciprocity --- p.7 / Setting hypotheses on the pattern of spousal interactions --- p.8 / The construct of justice appraisal --- p.12 / Predicting justice appraisal in spousal interactions --- p.14 / The Outcomes of Spousal Influence --- p.15 / Chapter Chapter 2: --- Method --- p.18 / Sample and procedures --- p.18 / Instruments --- p.19 / Distributive justice --- p.19 / Influence behaviors --- p.19 / Communicative justice --- p.20 / Marital satisfaction --- p.20 / Chapter Chapter 3: --- Results --- p.22 / The Influence Behaviors --- p.22 / Assessing the structure of the influence tactics --- p.22 / Testing HI: Gender difference in the usage of influence tactics --- p.22 / The Typology of Couples --- p.25 / Generating the typology --- p.25 / Profiling the typology --- p.28 / Applying the typology to assess marital satisfaction --- p.29 / The Justice Model --- p.30 / Assessing the dimensionality of the justice construct --- p.30 / Revising the proposed model --- p.33 / Testing H5-H8: Effects of justice appraisal on marital satisfaction --- p.33 / Chapter Chapter 4: --- Discussion --- p.39 / Interpersonal - Spousal Influence Behaviors --- p.39 / Importance of studying spousal interactions --- p.39 / Gender difference in dyadic influencing --- p.40 / Intrapersonal - Justice Appraisal --- p.41 / The construct of justice in spousal infulences --- p.41 / "Influence behaviors, justice, and marital satisfaction" --- p.43 / The Strategies of Influence --- p.45 / References --- p.47 / Appendix --- p.57