Fathers’ Use of Parental Leave and Union Dissolution
Abstract: With increasing union dissolution and changing gender behaviour, questions have emerged about possible links between gender behaviour and union stability. The aim of this article is to examine whether, and how early, father involvement in child-rearing is associated with union dissolution...
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ftstockholmunfig:oai:figshare.com:article/6159392 2023-05-15T16:50:51+02:00 Fathers’ Use of Parental Leave and Union Dissolution Trude Lappegård Ann-Zofie Duvander Synøve N. Andersen Ólöf Garðarsdóttir Gerda Neyer Ida Viklund 2018-04-19T09:53:46Z https://doi.org/10.17045/sthlmuni.6159392.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/preprint/Fathers_Use_of_Parental_Leave_and_Union_Dissolution/6159392 unknown doi:10.17045/sthlmuni.6159392.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/preprint/Fathers_Use_of_Parental_Leave_and_Union_Dissolution/6159392 CC BY 4.0 CC-BY Sociology Demography not elsewhere classified Parental leave union dissolution Fathers Sweden Norway Iceland ‘Stockholm Reports in Demography’ Sociologiska institutionen Department of Sociology SUDA Stockholm University Demography Unit Stockholms universitets demografiska avdelning Text Preprint 2018 ftstockholmunfig https://doi.org/10.17045/sthlmuni.6159392.v1 2021-09-24T18:47:45Z Abstract: With increasing union dissolution and changing gender behaviour, questions have emerged about possible links between gender behaviour and union stability. The aim of this article is to examine whether, and how early, father involvement in child-rearing is associated with union dissolution in three Nordic countries. Our analysis uses father's parental leave as a proxy for his involvement in child-rearing, to show that couples where the father uses parental leave have a lower risk of union dissolution. The pattern is consistent for all countries, for the whole study period 1993-2011, and to cohabiting couples. However, we do not find support for asserting that the couples with greatest gender equality, in terms of fathers taking long leave, are the most stable unions, as the pattern is not uniform in the three countries. Nevertheless, gender equality within the family in the Nordic countries is still an ongoing process, and the relationship between gender behaviour and union stability is still in flux. At this stage, it is clear that policies set up to change gender relations in families do have unintended consequences in terms of greater union stability among couples making use of the policy. Report Iceland Stockholm University: Fighsare Norway |
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Abstract: With increasing union dissolution and changing gender behaviour, questions have emerged about possible links between gender behaviour and union stability. The aim of this article is to examine whether, and how early, father involvement in child-rearing is associated with union dissolution in three Nordic countries. Our analysis uses father's parental leave as a proxy for his involvement in child-rearing, to show that couples where the father uses parental leave have a lower risk of union dissolution. The pattern is consistent for all countries, for the whole study period 1993-2011, and to cohabiting couples. However, we do not find support for asserting that the couples with greatest gender equality, in terms of fathers taking long leave, are the most stable unions, as the pattern is not uniform in the three countries. Nevertheless, gender equality within the family in the Nordic countries is still an ongoing process, and the relationship between gender behaviour and union stability is still in flux. At this stage, it is clear that policies set up to change gender relations in families do have unintended consequences in terms of greater union stability among couples making use of the policy. |
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