The volume is the first to take a life-course approach to the study of domestic work in Italy. It provides a coherent and systemic overview of time spent on housework, childcare and adult care over the life course. While most previous research has focused on the time adult women and men spend on housework and the division of domestic chores among partners, this unique contribution studies the amount of time spent on chores by Italians in different phases of the life course. It addresses relevant aspects often neglected in time use studies, such as the socialization to domestic chores among children, teenagers and young adults living in the parental home and the reproduction of gender inequalities in housework at later stages of the life course.

Autorentext

Giulia Maria Dotti Sani is a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology and Social Research from the University of Trento. Her main research areas are the sociology of the family, time use studies, and social stratification. Her methodological skills include time budget analysis, multilevel and panel modeling. She is specialized in the management and analyses of large household longitudinal and cross-sectional datasets (e.g. Multinational Time Use Study, European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions, European Social Survey, Italian Household Survey and Time Use Survey). She has published original research in highly ranked international peer-reviewed journals such as the European Sociological Review, the Journal of Marriage and Family, the European Journal of Political Research, Social Science Research and the Journal of Family Issues.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Theoretical background.- Chapter 3. The Italian Time Use Survey.- Chapter 4. Domestic work among children, teenagers, and young adults.- Chapter 5. Young and beautiful. Domestic work among childless women and men.- Chapter 6. Parenthood and domestic work: a never-ending workload.- Chapter 7. When the kids grow up: domestic work among Italians aged 45 to 64.- Chapter 8. In the empty nest: housework and adult care among Italians aged 65 and above.- Chapter 9. Conclusions.