But an appellate court eventually agreed to Ms. Koff's claim to a 65 percent share, stating in its decision, "The evidence unquestionably establishes that the wife undertook the herculean combined roles of full-time lawyer, primary homemaker and primary parent of the three children".
However, despite this shift, they do not appear to have given up their traditional role of primary homemaker and as a result may be burdened with a wider range of responsibilities than men.
Unfortunately, most lawyers and judges, "minimize the time, energy, and lost opportunities involved in being a homemaker and primary caretaker of children.
Among men, higher proportions of Palestinians were married, had primary school education or less or were homemakers compared to Israelis, and a low proportion of Palestinian men defined themselves as secular compared to Jewish men.
The following sociodemographic characteristics were recorded: age, sex, marital status (married or co-habiting; widowed or divorced; never married), work status (employed; homemaker or student; unemployed), and education (none or primary; secondary or vocational; college).
A primary service of this program is Home Care Aide assistance with activities of daily living and homemaker needs.
52 While MS has an impact on all members of the family, the major responsibilities for care tends to rest with the primary carer – in most cases the spouse – who has to adopt other functions and responsibilities, including wage earner, homemaker, primary parent as well as carer.
Occupational status was grouped into five categories: management and intermediate profession, self-employed and farmers, manual workers and employees, retired, homemakers and disabled persons; education was divided into four categories: university, high school, secondary school, primary school.
Among women, the majority of Palestinians were homemakers with only a small proportion reporting gainful employment; a higher proportion of Palestinians had primary school education or less compared to very low proportion of Israelis, and very small proportion of Palestinian women classified themselves as "secular" compared to Jewish women.
Homemaker Judy Wilder agreed.
