Family time of couples with children: shortening gender differences in parenting?

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• 作者：Joan Garcia Roman ; Clara Cortina
• 关键词：Family time ; Time use ; Dual ; earner couples ; Spain
• 刊名：Review of Economics of the Household
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：14
• 期：4
• 页码：921-940
• 全文大小：495 KB
• 刊物类别：Business and Economics
• 刊物主题：Economics
  Microeconomics
  Labor Economics
  Population Economics
  Social Sciences
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-7152
• 卷排序：14

文摘

In the context of dramatic changes in family organization, this research analyzes time shared with the family (partner and children) among couples with young children in Spain. The main purpose of the paper is to analyze the differences in the roles of mothers and fathers in dual-earner and male-breadwinner couples. For this purpose, we use information derived from the question “with whom the activity is done,” which is included in the enumeration form of the Spanish Time Use Survey 2009–2010. The availability of time-use diaries for all the members of a household allows the use of the couple as a unit of analysis. The descriptive and multivariate results show that mothers spend more time with children than fathers do and that the employment-status variables are the most determining factors. Gender-balanced couples have lower differences in the time that fathers and mothers spend on activities with their children. However, the differences remain high, and mothers are still the main caregivers in the household. These findings apply to a specific context characterized by weak policies related to balancing family and work and by the persistence of a division of roles in the couple with some resemblances to the traditional model, especially in the role that considers mothers the main caregivers.