Assessment

The question of gender differences in conjugal domestic task allocation has generated considerable debate over the years. Using the 1991 and 2006 British Social Attitude Surveys as test cases, please examine this issue in terms of the following two questions: Is gender a differential predictor of domestic task allocation among British (married or cohabiting) persons? Have these practices changed between 1991 and 2006?

In order to explore these questions we shall be using a set of questions that are similar in both the 1991 and the 2006 surveys. In both surveys respondents were asked who was responsible for a set of five household tasks. To compare the results from each survey a count was made of the total number of tasks each respondent said was done by either themselves or their spouse.

In 1991 three variables were examined which counted up the number of tasks done and the following results were found:

Further analysis showed that there was no significant differences found between the opinions of men and women on the number of tasks each said they shared. Your overall task is to carry out a similar analysis using the 2006 British Social Attitude data and compare the results. The following information will help you to complete this task.

Details of the task

1. Reading the data into SPSS
   Your task is to read the equivalent variables from the 2006 British Social Attitude Survey and carry out a comparable analysis. However, the data you will use for this assignment is only available in the form of a raw, fixed format data file. This ascii data file, called BSAS06sample.DAT, contains the five chore variables, sex, plus 32 other variables.
   Using the coding information attached and the Read Text Data ... item from the pull-down menu, prepare your own SPSS system file containing all 38 variables.
2. Create new variables
3. Analysis

1. Create separate frequency listings of your three new variables for men and women. In addition, include the calculation of the mean and the mode in order to compare with the 1991 data. [HINT -SPLIT the file by gender and then use the STATISTICS option in the frequencies procedure]
2. In order to compare the responses of men and women to see if they agree on the number of chores they say they share, you need to CROSSTABULATE the new variable BOTH with the respondent's sex, compute the column percentages and calculate the Chi-square. [HINT: use CELLS and then STATISTICS options in the crosstabulation procedure].

4. In addition to the analysis above, you are required to fully label the following variable and create a simple frequency table.

The Report

In no more that 500 words (one side of A4) comment on all your results. Make sure you also include in your report:

1. the SPSS output frequency listing of the three new CHORE variables for men and for women
2. Also include the following table, filled in with your 2006 results
   
3. the SPSS output of the crosstabulation table including the Chi Square statistic
4. the SPSS output table of your variable in step 4 above.
5. PLEASE also ensure that you print out and include the NOTES part of the SPSS output for the CROSSTABS part of your output (ie. c) above). This is very important and marks will be lost if it is not included. (See below for an example of NOTES output).
6. And the answers to the following questions:

1. How many valid cases do you get in the analysis of the three new chore variables?
2. Compare the means and the modes of the three new variables for men and women in the 1991 and 2006 samples. Are the modes in the same place? How do the means compare? What does your answer suggest?
3. Is there a significant relationship present between the chore variable, BOTH and sex and if so, how might you interpret this?

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