Scenarios for the Equal Division of Paid and Unpaid Work in the Transition to Parenthood in Germany

Bibliographic Data

ID2428761
AuthorsAnna Dechant (University of Bamberg, corresponding author), Florian Schulz (0000-0002-7818-2823)
Year2013
Volume39
Issue3
Publication date2013-04-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueComparative Population Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1869-8980 • E-ISSN: 1869-8999
PublisherGerman Federal Institute for Population Research (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.12765/cpos-2013-06
OpenAlexW1484379103
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited14

On the basis of a qualitative longitudinal study of 14 German couples, the conditions that are necessary and sufficient for an equal division of labour in the transition to parenthood are examined in an explorative way. Based on the assumption that couples with educational homogamy on a high level are probably more prone and sufficiently assertive to establish egalitarian relationships, we show that such arrangements cannot be sustained or achieved without the existence of specific contiguous conditions. A comparison of attitudes, family values and norms with actual everyday routines also suggests in many cases the well-known 'verbal open-mindedness and rigid behaviour

Assertiveness · Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Division (mathematics · Division of labour · Economics · Geography · German · Physics · Sociology · Transition (genetics · Unpaid work · Work (physics · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges

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