ABSTRACT This study explores marital satisfaction, division of child tasks, and satisfaction with the division of childcare outcomes among low-income Caucasian and Mexican American (MA) couples with young children. Participants were 521 California couples, nearly three-fourths MA. Using a series of regression models to examine how ethnicity/nativity status, earner status (dual or single) and gender were related to each outcome variable; results showed that fathers generally, single-earner couples generally, dual-earner MA fathers, and MA mothers in couples with Mexican nativity were happier in their relationships. Fathers in dual-earner relationships were more involved in childcare tasks than their single-earner counterparts among Caucasians, but gender, ethnicity, and nativity differences were related to parental dissatisfactions with how childcare tasks were divided. Multivariate regression models adjusted for demographic and socioeconomic status factors changed results very little, except earner status and marital satisfaction were no longer associated. Discussion focuses on couple dynamics of sharing work and parenting roles, MA values, and implications for clinical work and future research.

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墨西哥裔美国人和白人夫妇的收入状况、婚姻满意度和育儿分工

摘要 本研究探讨了低收入白种人和墨西哥裔美国人 (MA) 有年幼子女的夫妇的婚姻满意度、子女任务分工以及对育儿结果分工的满意度。参与者是 521 对加利福尼亚夫妇，近四分之三是硕士。使用一系列回归模型来检查种族/出生状态、收入状态（双重或单身）和性别如何与每个结果变量相关；结果表明，父亲一般，单收入夫妇一般，双收入母亲父亲和母亲在墨西哥出生的夫妇中的关系更幸福。在白种人中，双职工关系中的父亲比单职工父亲更多地参与育儿工作，但性别、种族、出生差异与父母对育儿任务分配方式的不满有关。调整了人口和社会经济地位因素的多元回归模型对结果的影响很小，除了收入状况和婚姻满意度不再相关。讨论的重点是共享工作和育儿角色的夫妻动态、MA 价值观以及对临床工作和未来研究的影响。