Dual-Earner Family

"In a dual-income family, the intention of the father's responsibility sharing is an important factor, and if you do not participate, the mother will bear a double burden both at home and at work, and the child's fatigue, pain, and time and effort It will lead to a reduction "Burke, 2009). The challenge for Deb, Ron and their children is that their parents are working on time. Deb and Ron interviewed to understand their busyness; they also talked about their typical days. For example, in an interview with Ron, he talked about how his day began.

Over the years, family units have made tremendous changes and "double income" families are the most popular type of family. Lye (1993, p. 157) identified three ideologies of "double income families". These three are traditional, contemporary, and equal. Along with the increasing trend of double income households, "traditional institutional collapse" (Lye, 1993, p. 157) brought about major changes in the role of family life and gender as women joined paid labor force.

The distinction between double income couples is that both spouses earn money for their families, but one or both of them think that their engagement in careers is a job. Because they do not require extensive training or commitment, work is different from career. In a double income couple, the work of a spouse is usually considered secondary. A couple of two couples is a family of "two heads of households pursuing careers while maintaining a family life." Both have a high commitment to their career and neither career is considered more important than the others.

A couple from both double and double income families, especially women, will participate in the working environment for economic reasons rather than personal achievement or commitment, as compared to the dual employee families. They are involved in many jobs that will benefit them. Furthermore, comparing this situation with a family of two, women from two families or two families still face the burden, pressure or adverse effects of being mothers and wives (ibid).

Recognizing the strong presence of double income households and the contribution of women to the economic stability of the family, the couple reevaluated the distribution of family and family work and began to consider the career paths of both spouses It was. Therefore, each member of the couple needs to adjust the requirements of both work environments while meeting the needs of the family. Nevertheless, women still have twice the workload. According to Québec and Canadian time use surveys (Statistics Canada, 1998), father spends more time allocating family than women, but women still can do more chores (2 56% of heavy-income couples). More than 1 child under 5 years) and taking care of family (61%) (Quebec Statistical Institute, 2001)