Gender roles An incomplete revolution?

British Social Attitudes 30 | Gender rolesNatCen Social Research115 Gender rolesAn incomplete revolution? Female participation in the labour market has increased markedly over the past 30 years. Both men and women in Britain s couple families now tend to work, albeit with women often working part-time when children are young. Has this change been accompanied by a decline in support for a traditional division of Gender roles in the home and workplace? And has women s involvement in unpaid labour within the home declined at the same time as their participation in the labour market has risen? Attitudes to Gender rolesSupport for a traditional division of Gender roles has declined over time, though substantial support remains for women having the primary caring role when children are workYet, as in the early 1990s, women still undertake a disproportionate amount of unpaid labour within the home and are much more likely to view their contribution as being report spending an average of 13 hours on housework and 23 hours on caring for family members each week; the equivalent figures for men are 8 hours and 10 hours.

under school age, compared with 64% in 1989. The most popular choice now is for the mother to work part time (26% in 1989, 43% now). B C A 33% D E A B C F 64% 1989 2012 49% 13% 1984 2012 60% WOMEN WOMEN 13 hrs 10% MEN MEN 8 hrs. British ocial Attitudes 30 Gender roles Naten ocial esearch 116

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