Time Allocation, Income and Gender Relation in the Household of Fishermen Who Have Employed Wives

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10.2991/icosop-16.2017.65How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Fishermen, Allocation of time, Income, Socio-economic and Gender relations

Abstract

This study is a mixed method that combines quantitative with qualitative analysis. There are several research objectives. First, to analyze the income and time allocation woman fishermans wife who works compared to her husband. Second, analyze the allocation of time housework and childcare in women fishermans wife who works compared to her husband. Third, analyzing gender relations (decision-making and access control) between husband and wife in the household of the working wife. The quantitative descriptive analysis shows that the total productive time of the wives works are 11 hours per day at the time range 16 hours a day (from at 6:00 AM to 22:00 PM), while the husband is five hours per day. The average income of the entire sample fishermans wife is Rp 635.000, - while the average income of the husband is Rp 1.000.000. Time allocation housework and childcare average on a fishermans wife is 5.5 hours (in the range of 16 hours per day), while the fisherman husband was no time available to it. The results of the qualitative analysis of gender relation show that the fishermen's wife had an egalitarian relationship, meaning the wife and husband has a role equal and balanced that allows them respect each other and work together. The wife was also found to have the flexibility in managing their shared money, which is from husband's income as a fisherman and the wife's income from the shop, maids or clothes washer.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sri Fajar Ayu
AU  - Meutia Nauly
AU  - Ratih Baiduri
PY  - 2016/11
DA  - 2016/11
TI  - Time Allocation, Income and Gender Relation in the Household of Fishermen Who Have Employed Wives
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Social and Political Development (ICOSOP 2016)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 478
EP  - 484
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icosop-16.2017.65
DO  - 10.2991/icosop-16.2017.65
ID  - Ayu2016/11
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