Unequal but content. Possible effects of the division of household labor on relationship quality in three Eastern European Countries.

Analysts found that even in the face of unequal distribution of housework, wives are content and untroubled by this. My main interest is to look at the outcomes of unequal distribution of household work. In this paper the specific outcomes are considered to be the satisfaction regarding the distribution of housework, the conflict over the distribution of housework, satisfaction with the relationship and the thoughts of divorce. I will try to analyze if the perceived distribution of housework has an effect on the quality of the relationship, mediated by the negative outcomes. I used the date from the first wave of the Generations and Gender Survey, for three Eastern-European countries (Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania). The results show that the distribution of household labor is the main factor in explaining the variation in the satisfaction with household labor, while the latter mediates the effect on the quality of the relationship and on thought of divorce.