Sunday, September 28, 2008

Women Call the Shots at Home; Public Mixed on Gender Roles in Jobs

To explore decision-making in the typical American home, a Pew Research Center survey asked men and women living in couples which one generally makes the decisions in four familiar areas of domestic life. Who decides what you do together on the weekend? Who manages the household finances? Who makes the decisions on big purchases for the home? And who most often decides what to watch on television?

Source: Pew Research Center : Social and Demographic Trends

Link to report: Gender and Power

Related: Revisiting the Mommy Wars

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