Table 1.

Adapted Version of Midgette’s (2020a) Coding Scheme on Justifications for Fairness Evaluations of the Gendered Division of Household Labor

Domain	Justification Type
Moral	Equity: Reference to expecting differences in involvement due to differences in family members’ situation, needs, or capacity (e.g., time-availability). Example: “I am assuming that I will be the one with the career and full time job, so I will be at work most of the day and perhaps will not be able to contribute to the chores as much.”
	Equality: Reference to expecting same amount of involvement, sharing or turn taking (or having the principle violated). Example: “They split the chores pretty evenly and both worked the same full-time job.” Or “My mother did more of the chores.”
	Participation: Reference to expecting each member to participate and do (some) housework (although amount doesn’t matter). Example: “Both of my parents put in work around the house…”
	Perspectivism: Reference to the need for a family member to take into account the needs and wishes of another when deciding their involvement. Example: “The husband should help out his wife during the week and should ask her for help without assuming she should always do everything.”
Conventional	Contractual: Reference to the expectation that a division it is up to the family to decide and/or based on mutual agreement. Example: “As long as this decision is reached between the husband and wide, I think this is fair.”
Personal	Choice: Reference to the situation being due to the individual’s preference and/or desire. Example: “My mom wanted to do the work.” Or “I think it is a person to person situation. The wife may like doing this stuff and waiting for the husband can leave messes. ”

Note. This table presents only a portion of the coding scheme. Presented justifications are those that were the most frequently used by this sample’s participants. For full coding scheme refer to Midgette (2020a). Examples presented are from this study’s participants.