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The Public Consequences of Private Inequality: Family Life and Citizen Participation

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  • Burns, Nancy
  • Schlozman, Kay Lehman
  • Verba, Sidney

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This study uses regression analysis of data from a telephone survey of 380 married couples to subject to rare empirical test the contention that, because women are unequal at home, they cannot be equal in the polity. The argument is often made that wives' disadvantage in comparison to their husbands with respect to control over family income, availability of free time, power over decisions, or mutual respect dampens their ability to participate fully in politics. In fact, domestic inequalities do have implications for political activity, but these effects differ from what is usually posited by being stronger for husbands than for wives. For husbands, control over major financial decisions and autonomy in using small amounts of time enhance their ability to participate in politics beyond what would be expected on the basis of their other characteristics. In short, being boss at home is politically empowering to husbands.

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  • Burns, Nancy & Schlozman, Kay Lehman & Verba, Sidney, 1997. "The Public Consequences of Private Inequality: Family Life and Citizen Participation," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 91(2), pages 373-389, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:91:y:1997:i:02:p:373-389_21
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    1. Hilde Coffe & Catherine Bolzendahl, 2011. "Gender Gaps in Political Participation Across Sub-Saharan African Nations," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 102(2), pages 245-264, June.
    2. Riaz, Rida, 2017. "Does Income and education of working-women transform societal values: An evidence from Pakistan," MPRA Paper 80798, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Maimaiti, Yasheng & Siebert, W. Stanley, 2010. "Wage Work for Women: The Menstrual Cycle and the Power of Water," IZA Discussion Papers 4776, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    4. Di Bartolomeo Anna, 2008. "Gender inequality and female political participation in Great Britain," wp.comunite 0045, Department of Communication, University of Teramo.

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