Relational equity and household division of labor as predictors of marital, parental, and work satisfaction for dual earner men and women

he purpose of this study was to examine the predictive value of a model composed of relational equity, weekly hours of paid employment, and household division of labor on the dependent variables of marital, parental, and work satisfaction of 104 men and 98 women in dual-earner marriages. Household labor was measured in hours per week as reported by respondents and in their perception of their spouses' participation in nine categories subdivided into masculine and feminine tasks. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses showed that the first variable of relational equity was the most influential predictor of marital satisfaction for both men and women. The model was also predictive of parental and work satisfaction for men. Two variables closely approached significance (p...