Between paid and unpaid work - Gender patterns in supplemental economic activities among white, rural families

This article explores gender differences in three varieties of economic act ivities that supplement regular employment and housework entrepreneurial mo onlighting, self-provisioning, and casual exchanges with the members of oth er households. Drawing on data gathered through a random survey and intervi ews conducted with a white; rural,, working-class population gender differe nces were found in the content of these activities, their location, the tim e devoted to them, the degree to which they were delineated from other acti vities, and the opportunities they provided for sociability These differenc es are shown to have consequences for the internal gendered dynamics of the household and for the reinforcement of some kinds of male privilege.