three corners of domestic labor: mothers', fathers', and children's weekday and weekend housework

The distribution of domestic labor among mothers, fathers, and school-age children in 153 families was examined with attention to three conditions that might facilitate or constrain the distribution of tasks: familial earner status, child gender, and "social time" (defined here as the distinction between weekdays and weekends). Analyses revealed that mothers' participation in housework from weekday to weekend varied as a function of familial earner status. Although fathers in single-earner families were significantly less involved in housework during the week than other fathers, there were no significant group differences in fathers' participation in housework on the weekend as a function of familial earner status. Children's participation across the week varied as a function of earner status and gender.