Working Life and Family Life, 1991

The purpose of this survey, which is the Danish part of a Nordic project, is to map out and examine in which way the sexual division of housework in the families is reflected at places of work and in this way also to examine whether the sexual division of housework contributes to maintaining the sexual division of work on the labour market. The purpose is to examine whether places of work which are dominated by one of the sexes are influenced by the family tasks which are traditionally connected with that particular sex, i.e. whether places of work dominated by men are influenced by the need for the support of a family, and whether places of work dominated by women are influenced by the need to attend to practical and emotional tasks for the family. # If this could be confirmed it would have at least two consequences. First, it would prove that the correlation between working life and family life contributes to maintaining the sexual division on the labour market, and secondly, that the daily adjustments between working life and family life are made possible because the places of work are influenced by parenthood needs. # The results of the project showed that the above-mentioned theories were confirmed at all the places of work in the Nordic project

本调研作为北欧项目（Nordic project）的丹麦分支，旨在系统梳理并考察家庭中家务性别分工（sexual division of housework）在工作场所中的体现形式，并据此探究家务性别分工是否会维系劳动力市场（labour market）上的性别工作分工。本次研究同时旨在考察单一性别主导的工作场所是否会受到与该性别传统绑定的家庭任务影响：即男性主导的职场是否受养家需求驱动，而女性主导的职场是否需承担家庭实务与情感照料类任务。

若上述假说得到证实，将至少产生两项影响：其一，可证明职场生活与家庭生活的关联性会维系劳动力市场的性别分工格局；其二，职场会因育儿需求调整日常运作模式，这使得工作与家庭生活的日常协调成为可能。

本项目的研究结果显示，北欧项目覆盖的全部工作场所均印证了上述理论。