Who should work and who should care? Attitudes towards the desirable division of labour between mothers and fathers in five European countries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7544387 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jonas Edlund (0000-0003-4285-2618, Umeå University), Ida Öun (0000-0002-8414-8381, Umeå University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 151-169 |
| Publication date | 2016-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Acta Sociologica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-6993 • E-ISSN: 1502-3869 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0001699316631024 |
| OpenAlex | W2326514192 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 53 |
| References cited | 35 |
In this article, we study attitudes towards the gendered division of paid and unpaid work from a comparative perspective. Based on the notion that political institutions are important in structuring individuals’ orientations, five countries with different family policy arrangements are included in the analysis: Denmark, Finland, Germany, Poland and Sweden. Previous comparative attitude research has a strong bias towards public opinion about women’s employment, while research on attitudes towards men’s participation in care work is rare. Drawing on data from the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) 2012, we use latent class analysis to explore public opinion about: (a) how parents should divide the responsibilities of economic provision and unpaid work; and (b) whether and how parents should divide paid parental leave between them. The strongest support for a traditional organization of work and care is found in Poland, while the strongest support for an equal sharing of work and care responsibilities is found in Sweden. Among the Nordic countries, results differ. While those holding non-traditional ideals in Denmark and Finland emphasize the importance of full-time work for both parents, non-traditional Swedes instead emphasize that both parents should cut back their work hours and thereby share the responsibility for earning and caring in the family
Care work · Demographic economics · Division of labour · Economic growth · Economics · Latent class model · Paid work · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Sociology · Unpaid work · Work (physics · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Work-Family Balance Challenges
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