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초록

This research aims to analyze the effects of gender gap on the division of domestic and care labor on women's depression in dual income couples. The research used the 5th and 6th data of the Women and Family Panel collected by the KWDI. The dependent variable is women’s depression, and the independent variable is the gender gap on the division of domestic and care labor, which is not the amount of time, but the gender gap of the time proportion to consume to domestic and care work within one’s available time except for paid work hours. In addition, personal resources, subjective consciousness, and personal resources of one’s spouse were controlled as factors influencing on women’s depression. The research conducted first multiple regression on the relationship between gender gap on the division of domestic and care work and women’s depression. Secondly, the research conducted a sub-group analysis, classified the division of domestic and care work as three types such as women-centered, equal and male-centered. The major findings of the study are as follows: First, the effect of the labor sharing gap on women's depression has been found to be nonlinear, the U-curve relationship. The labor sharing gap at a certain level has a positive effect to reduce women’s depression, but when the size of this gap increases, women’s depression rises sharply. Second, in the women-centered type, the labor sharing gap still has a non-linear effect on women's depression, but in the equal and male-centered type, the labor sharing gap has an effect to reduce women's depression. Third, the more attitude towards gender role is non-traditional, the more it is likely to increase women’s depression in women-centered type. It implies that the conflict between perception and reality would result in a negative effect on women's mental health. In conclusion, women still shoulder full burden of domestic and care responsibilities in working couples, and thus affect negatively women’s mental health.

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