Somebody has to Dust
A new study led by assistant professor of sociology Claudia Geist reveals a woman's
health must deteriorate considerably for her husband to take on more household chores. The
study relied on data on heterosexual married couples ages 60 and older who were no
longer working from the 2009 and 2013 Disability and Use of Time (DUST) supplement
to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, a longitudinal study at the University of Michigan.
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KSL-AM Radio January 11, 2017 Transcript
Who Does The Housework When Nobody Goes To Work? Gender, Health and Housework In Retired
Couples
Older women do most of the housework for retired couples. Here's when men take over