Male Adolescents' Contributions to Household Labor as Predictors of Later-Life Participation in Housework

This article examines childhood influences on adult males' behavior in the domestic sphere. Informed by social learning theory and the concept of latent socialization, we test whether adolescent participation in housework-related activities resulted in a continued contribution to household labor in later-life adult partnerships. This study uses time-use data collected from a cohort of British births at age 16, as well as data collected from the …