Division of labor of older person’s household in rural Malaysia
Population aging has become a challenge not only for developed countries but developing ones as well.Malaysia is being no exception. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the division of labor of older person’s household in rural Malaysia. The design used in this study was a combination of the so...
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| Language: | English |
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International digital organization for scientific information (IDOSI)
2014
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| Online Access: | https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/18776/1/WASJ%2030%207%202014%20911-914.pdf |
| Summary: | Population aging has become a challenge not only for developed countries but developing ones as
well.Malaysia is being no exception. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the division of labor of older person’s household in rural Malaysia. The design used in this study was a combination of the sociological method of face-to-face interviews the anthropological method of participant-observation. Results of the study show that there is a tendency that works outside the home is considered as the responsibility of the husband.Number of respondents who felt this task is a shared responsibility is not significant.Almost all respondents felt that work in the home is the responsibility of the wife.Respondents felt holding spending money as a wife responsibility. In the context of a purchasing decision, the majority of respondents felt that both husband and
wife all together should be responsible for any decision to purchase any items. Making important family decisions task is also considered by many respondents as a task to be undertaken both by husband and wife. |
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