Faculty of Social Sciences University of Tehran Woman in Development & Politics 2538-3124 11 1 2013 03 21 The Impact of Women’s Employmen on Fertility in Iran The Impact of Women’s Employmen on Fertility in Iran 29 44 35473 10.22059/jwdp.2013.35473 FA Mahmood Ghazi_Tabatabaea Member of Social Sciences Faculty, University of Tehran Nader Mehri Ph.D. Student inDemography, Social Sciences Faculty, University of Tehran Journal Article 2013 07 02 Working women compared with non-working women in Iran bear a double burden of<br />responsibility. They not only have to bear the traditional unpaid responsibilities of taking care<br />of children and household chores they also have to bear the responsibilities of performing<br />duties associated with their paid job outside the home. The double burden of responsibility for<br />the working women refers to the amount of work they do at home and outside the home<br />comparedwith non-working women. This article aims to quantify the additional work the<br />Iranian employed women do based on the number of their dependent children under the age<br />of 7 years. To do this, a comparison between the time allocated for paid and unpaid works by,<br />respectively, working and non-working married women is made. The required data for the<br />analysis was provided by the Iranian National Center for Statistics. The results indicated that<br />married working women with 0, 1 and 2 children work 3 hours and 6 minutes, 1 hour and 42<br />minutes and 1 hour and 29 minutes, respectively, more than their non-working counterparts.<br />The results also indicate that with an increase in the number dependent children the relative<br />intensity of double burden of working women decreases. Working women compared with non-working women in Iran bear a double burden of<br />responsibility. They not only have to bear the traditional unpaid responsibilities of taking care<br />of children and household chores they also have to bear the responsibilities of performing<br />duties associated with their paid job outside the home. The double burden of responsibility for<br />the working women refers to the amount of work they do at home and outside the home<br />comparedwith non-working women. This article aims to quantify the additional work the<br />Iranian employed women do based on the number of their dependent children under the age<br />of 7 years. To do this, a comparison between the time allocated for paid and unpaid works by,<br />respectively, working and non-working married women is made. The required data for the<br />analysis was provided by the Iranian National Center for Statistics. The results indicated that<br />married working women with 0, 1 and 2 children work 3 hours and 6 minutes, 1 hour and 42<br />minutes and 1 hour and 29 minutes, respectively, more than their non-working counterparts.<br />The results also indicate that with an increase in the number dependent children the relative<br />intensity of double burden of working women decreases. https://jwdp.ut.ac.ir/article_35473_f69b857233949c6a79158d4bb7ab5061.pdf