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Martin Dribe. Photo.

Martin Dribe

Professor, Centre director, Centre for Economic Demography

Martin Dribe. Photo.

Does Parenthood Strengthen a Traditional Household Division of Labor? Evidence From Sweden

Author

  • Martin Dribe
  • Maria Stanfors

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

  • Centre for Economic Demography
  • Department of Economic History
  • Institute of Economic Research

Publishing year

2009

Language

English

Pages

33-45

Publication/Series

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volume

71

Issue

1

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