Division of Housework Helps Explain Role Overload Among Cohabiting Emerging Adults in Heterosexual Relationships

Heterosexual couples (n=179, age = 18-29) completed questionnaires twice (6 months intervalle). Women spent more time on housework and experienced higher role overload than men. Women's perceived responsibility for housework was linked to increased role overload, while men's overload was explained by time spent on housework relative to their partner.