In Waves 5 and 6 respondents evaluated a set of vignettes related to the sharing of domestic work.
The hypothetical arrangements varied along five dimensions: (1) paid work; (2) earnings; (3) presence of children; (4) housework allocations; and (5) use of paid help. All adult respondents were asked to report their expected level of satisfaction with the set of hypothetical household division of labour arrangements using a seven-point scale, from completely dissatisfied, 1, to completely satisfied, 7. Each respondent was asked to rate three randomly allocated vignettes varying over the five dimensions.
Household within PSU were randomly allocated to treatments and all individuals within the household received the same set of hypothetical vignettes to evaluate. The allocation to vignettes allows sufficient number of cases to do population level analyses. The exact allocation at Wave 5 was replicated at Wave 6.
The table below outlines the variables and categories to which respondents were allocated, where “w” indicates wave and takes values “E” and “F” for Waves 5 and 6 respectively. The variables are w_ff_paid_work1 to w_ff_paid_work3, w_ff_earnings1 to w_ff_earnings3, w_ff_children1 to w_ff_children3, w_ff_housework1 to w_ff_housework3, and w_ff_paid_housework1 to w_ff_paid_housework3 on record w_hhsamp_ip. Please see the questionnaire for overall wording of each vignette.
Table: Dimensions in division of household labour vignettes
| Controlling variables | Dimension | Value & wording |
|---|---|---|
| w_FF_PAID_WORK1 to w_FF_PAID_WORK3 | Paid work | Group 1: you and your partner both have full time jobs Group 2: you and your partner have part time jobs and both of you work 2 and a half days per week Group 3: you and your partner both have jobs, you work full time while your partner works 2 and a half days per week Group 4: you and your partner both have jobs, your partner works full time while you work 2 and a half days per week |
| w_FF_EARNINGS1 to w_FF_EARNINGS3 | Earnings | Group 1: and your partner has an hourly pay which is twice as much as yours Group 2: and your hourly pay is twice as much as your partner Group 3: and you have approximately the same hourly pay |
| w_FF_CHILDREN1 to w_FF_CHILDREN3 | Children | Group 1: no children Group 2: one child aged 6 months Group 3: one child aged 5 years Group 4: one child aged 15 years |
| w_FF_HOUSEWORK1 to w_FF_HOUSEWORK3 | Housework | Group 1: your partner does all of the housework while you do none of it Group 2: your partner does three quarters of the housework while you do one quarter of it Group 3: you and your partner share the housework equally Group 4: your partner does one quarter of the housework while you do three quarters of it Group 5: you do all of the housework while your partner does none of it |
| w_FF_PAID_HOUSEWORK1 to w_FF_PAID_HOUSEWORK3 | Paid housework | Group 1: but you employ somebody to help with the housework one morning per week Group 2: and you do not employ anybody to help with the house work |
The satisfaction ratings for the three vignettes are in w_vig1, w_vig2, w_vig3 and w_hwsat on record w_indresp_ip.
