ALLBUS-Bibliographie 25. Fassung, Stand - SSOAR

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tional gender division of labor among German women and men, using data from the
1991 German Social Survey (ALLBUS). We test hypotheses about the effects of
region and gender, and the interaction of both, in shaping gender-role attitudes. The
results indicate that the combination of region and gender produces (1) a similar
gender gap in attitudes in both regions, with women in East and West voicing stronger
opposition to traditional gender roles than their male counterparts and (2) regional
differences in attitudes, with East Germans more likely than West Germans to oppose
a gender-based division of labor. Thus, this study shows that although state socialism
was successful in fostering more progressive attitudes among East Germans,
especially women, it did not eliminate the gender gap in attitudes about gender, work
and family."
Aufgenommen: 18. Fassung, Juli 2002
Adler, Marina A., (2004). "Child-free" and Unmarried: Changes in the Life Planning
of Young East German Women. Marriage and Family, 66: 1167-1176.
Abstract: "Using evidence from demographic and survey data, this research examines
how one decade of postsocialism has changed the life planning of young East
German women. Aggregate data reflect marriage and fertility postponement and increased
nonmarital birth rates and cohabitation. The analysis shows East German
women's "stubbornness" (Dölling, 2003) in adhering to life perspectives in line with
the German Democratic Republic (GDR) standard biography (high nonmarital childbearing,
high work orientation, rejection of the homemaker status, desire to combine
work and family). The most important findings are that (a) motherhood is postponed
to increase child-free time, (b) cohabitation is increasingly becoming an alternative
to marriage, (c) marriage (but not partnership) is increasingly optional for childbearing,
and (d) employment is prioritized over family formation."
Aufgenommen: 21. Fassung, Dezember 2006
Adler, Marina und Brayfield, April, (2006). Gender Regimes and Cultures of Care:
Public Support for Maternal Employment in Germany and the United States. Marriage
& Family Review, 39: 229-253.
Abstract: "Our research uses nationally representative survey data to empirically
document whether U.S., East German, and West German attitudes toward maternal
employment have converged over the last decade. Specifically, our research examines
to what extent the gender related attitude regimes vary and have changed in
accordance with policy developments in the United States and the two regions of
unified Germany between 1991 and 2002. Data from the U.S. General Social Survey
(GSS) and Die Allgemeine Bevölkerungsumfrage der Sozialwissenschaften
(ALLBUS-German General Social Survey) show that the public attitudes toward
maternal employment in both regions of Germany are moving in a more supportive
direction compared to their respective starting points, but West German attitudes