The gendered division of labor and family outcomes in germany
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The literature on the predictors of the division of household labor continues to expand, but the effect of this division on family outcomes has not been explored. Using the German SocioEconomic Panel ( N = 628), I analyze the effect of men's participation in housework and child care on the likelihood of second birth and divorce. Fathers' greater relative child‐care time increases couples' odds of second birth, attenuating the negative effect of mothers' employment. Husbands' relative housework time is insignificant in predicting second birth or divorce among couples with at least one child, but increases the likelihood of divorce among childless couples. This is evidence that the division of domestic labor affects family outcomes, but effects differ depending on the outcome and presence of children.
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Longitudinal analyses using panel data from Germany, Italy, and Japan show that the likelihood of couples' having a second child is higher if husbands spend more time on childcare and household chores.
“In particular, longitudinal analyses using panel data from Germany (Cooke 2004), Italy (Cooke 2009), and Japan (Nagase and Brinton 2017) show that the likelihood of couples' having a second child is higher if husbands spend more time on childcare and household chores.”
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“In other research, Cooke (2004) finds that in Germany, husbands’ increased share of childcare time is positively related to the probability of a second birth, but this does not completely outweigh the negative effect of long work hours among women.”
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- Authors
- Cooke, L. P.
- Affiliations
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Cooke, Lynn Prince
- ORCID
- Cooke, Lynn Prince
- Venue
- Journal of Marriage and Family
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2004-11-09
- Volume
- 66
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1246-1259
- ISSN
- 0022-2445 (ISSN-L)
- 1741-3737
- OpenAlex
- W2115052426
- Cited by
- 194
- References
- 3
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- FWCI
- 7.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Marriage and the Family (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Work-Family Balance Challenges
- Keywords
- gendered division of household labor, second birth, divorce, maternal employment, childless couples, family outcomes, Germany
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