power relationships

Question 1

Pahl and Vogler : there are two main types of control over a family’s income

Answer 1

-the allowance system
-pooling

Question 2

the allowance system

Answer 2

men give their wives an allowance, women need to budget to meet the family’s needs using this allowance

Question 3

pooling

Answer 3

both partners have access to income, joint bank account where they both contribute money equally

Question 4

Stephen Edgell’s (1980) study of professional couples found that decision making could be allocated into 3 categories, what were they?

Answer 4

-very important decisions
-important decisions
-less important decisions

Question 5

very important decisions

Answer 5

generally economic/financial decisions e.g change of job or moving house
-made by husband, if made together husband had the final say

Question 6

important decisions

Answer 6

focused on quality of family or children’s lives
e.g children schooling, where to go on holiday
-made together ,rarely by women alone

Question 7

less important decisions

Answer 7

focused on everyday choices e.g what groceries to buy, what to cook for dinner, what to dress children in.
-often executively made by the wife

Question 8

decision making becoming more equal

Answer 8

-pooling
-laurie and Gershuny= 70% of couples have
an equal say in decision-making

Question 9

power is not equal

Answer 9

-Money management: Men still make
most important financial decision

-Decision making: Most important
decisions taken jointly or by man alone,
his career takes priority (Hardill)

-Domestic violence – women are more
likely to be victims

Question 10

Time Use Survey of 2005 carried out by Lader et al. (2006) found that

Answer 10

-women in paid work spent 21 hours a week on average on housework, compared with only 12 hours spent by men on the same.
-Overall, this survey found that 92% of women do some housework per day, compared with only 77% of men.
- In 2005, women still spent more time than men cooking, washing up, cleaning, tidying, washing clothes and shopping. DIY and gardening tasks were still male dominated.