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How does the association between gender attitudes and housework share vary across countries and time? We examine the second demographic transition as it unmasks in the association between gender attitudes and housework participation. Using data of the 2002 and 2012 International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) for 24 countries, we find that the association between gender attitudes and housework share became stronger over time in most countries, signifying that the second demographic transition was in place. The results also show that the association varied across the 24 countries, reaching an equilibrium in many but at different stages. Our findings suggest that equilibria in the domestic division of labour take various forms and paces in the ISSP countries. ....

United States , Hong Kong , United Kingdom , Czech Republic , New York , City Of , J Gershuny Oxford , Sl Blair Bingley , M Kim Choe Switerland , G Pascall Basingstock , Kyee Kan , Domestic Division Of Labour , Emerald Publishing , Multinational Time Use , Palgrave Macmillan , Natcen Social Research , Organisation For Economic Cooperation , Advances In Development Reverse Fertility , Leisure In Postindustrial Society , European Research Council Consolidator Grant , Harvard University , Division Of Labour , Oxford University , European Time Use , European Union Horizon , Division Of Household Labor ,