In this paper the studies elaborated during the 1990’s decade on the main transformations occurred in labor division, both at home and outside it, in the Mexican families are presented. Transformations in the laboring roles of the spouses, adolescents and young adults are observed. Finally, it is evaluated the moment which the research on labor division in Mexican families is at, and some guides for future research are discussed. For instance, the study of the home and external activities of some members of the family who, thus far, have not received the attention deserved, such as the elderly and women family heads, similarly to some considerations of methodological-technical order on the research of family labor division