Does Parenthood Strengthen a Traditional Household Division of Labor? Evidence From Sweden
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Summary, in English
Parenthood is often considered a major factor behind gender differences in time allocation, especially between paid work and housework. This article investigates the impact of parenthood on men's and women's daily time use in Sweden and how it changed over the 1990s. The analysis is made using time diary data from the Multinational Time Use Survey (MTUS; N = 13,729) and multivariate Tobit regressions. The results indicate that while parenthood in 1990 - 1991 clearly strengthened the traditional gender division of labor in the household, this was much less the case in 2000 - 2001, when parenthood affected men and women in a more similar way.
Department/s
Publishing year
2009
Language
English
Pages
33-45
Publication/Series
Journal of Marriage and Family
Volume
71
Issue
1
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Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Topic
- Economic History
Keywords
- transition to parenthood
- time use
- fatherhood
- time diary methods
- work family balance
Status
Published
Project
- Kön, kunskap, kompetens och karriär. Familjebildningsmönster bland högutbildade män och kvinnor i Sverige
- Male fertility and fatherhood
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1741-3737