Table 4.

Study 2 items and factor loadings for the division of household labor scale

	Household labor item	Factor loading
Finance	Create a budget	0.87
	Track spending	0.82
	Pay household bills	0.72
	Set up and manage bank accounts, (e.g., joint accounts)	0.70
	Make budgeting decisions (i.e., decide how much money is spent on groceries/daycare/phone plans/clothing, etc.)	0.87
	Initiate discussions about—Finances	0.62
Life and social planning	Organize celebrations and holidays (e.g., birthday parties, celebrations for religious holidays)	0.75
	Plan social events with friends/family	0.69
	Plan date nights	0.76
	Book restaurants/movie tickets/event tickets	0.72
	Organize travel to visit family/friends	0.76
	Plan vacations	0.78
Cleaning	Wiping surfaces, e.g., bench tops and tables	0.65
	Dusting	0.77
	Vacuuming floors	0.66
	Mopping floors	0.70
	Tidying/organizing objects in the house	0.65
	Cleaning the bathroom(s)	0.66
	Making the bed for you and your partner	0.64
	Making your child/children’s beds	0.73
	Changing the bed sheets for you and your partner	0.72
	Changing the bed sheets for your child/children	0.72
	Noticing when laundry needs to be done	0.64
	Washing and drying clothes	0.67
	Folding and putting away clothes	0.66
House and car maintenance	Mowing the lawn	0.60
	Seasonal maintenance (e.g., raking leaves, clearing snow from driveway)	0.74
	Tree/bush trimming	0.73
	Watering	0.86
	Planting	0.82
	Weeding	0.82
Childcare and development	Listening to/provide counsel for child/children’s problems from school/social contexts	0.61
	Encourage and praise them	0.63
	Teaching/helping them with homework	0.62
	Teaching life skills (e.g., tying shoelaces) and monitoring progress	0.57
	Playing with/entertaining them	0.60
	Breaking up fights between children	0.54
	Comforting them	0.74
	Reassuring them when concerned/anxious	0.83
	Listening to/talking to child/children about everyday life	0.73
Meal planning	Meal planning	0.66
	Cooking dinner	0.68
	Preparing breakfast	0.67
	Preparing lunch	0.82
	Preparing snacks	0.74
	Organizing food to bring to social events	0.64
Parenting logistics	Transporting them to activities	0.80
	Transporting them to doctor’s appointments	0.75
	Setting up children’s medical care	0.62
	Setting up regular childcare	0.69
	Transporting them to childcare (e.g., daycare)	0.71
	Taking them to birthday parties	0.71
	Reminding children about scheduled activities (e.g., sport day at school)	0.62
	Getting them ready for special event days (e.g., preparing costumes)	0.56
	Filling out school or extracurricular related forms	0.64
	Contacting people—Schools	0.62
Household administration	Contacting people—Banks	0.79
	Contacting people—Billing companies (e.g., electricity, gas, water, cell phone, internet)	0.90
	Contacting people—Governmental agencies (e.g., access to benefits, immigration issues, etc.)	0.88