Data from the 1988 National Survey of Families and Households indicate that men's housework and child-rearing efforts are powerful determinants of wives' and husbands' perceptions of the fairness of the division of household chores. Wives' employment hours have no effect on husbands' fairness perceptions but are significantly related to wives'…

A public opinion survey of 1,750 U.S. adults provided data on men's and women's criticism of gender inequality at home and work. Controlling for age (negatively related to home criticism), education (positively related to home and work criticism), and several social class factors, home criticism was negatively related to parenthood for men and to…