Does Fathers' Involvement in Childcare and Housework Affect Couples' Relationship Stability?*
Does Fathers' Involvement in Childcare and Housework Affect Couples' Relationship Stability?*
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父亲参与育儿和家务会影响夫妻关系的稳定性吗?*
DOI:
10.1111/ssqu.12523
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发表时间:
2018
影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
Norman H
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作者:
Norman H
ObjectiveBuilding on previous analysis conducted by Schober (2012), we explore how paternal involvement in different childcare and housework tasks affects the probability of relationship breakdown between parents.MethodsWe use logistic regression on the U.K. Millennium Cohort Study to predict parental relationship breakdown from nine months to seven years post‐childbirth. Paternal involvement in four childcare and three housework tasks during the first year of parenthood, are used as explanatory variables.ResultsThe amount of time the father spends alone, caring for the baby during the first year of parenthood, is associated with the stability of the parental relationship but the effect of involvement in other tasks is moderated by ethnicity and the mother's employment status.ConclusionThese nonlinear relationships suggest further research is needed to explore the different associations between paternal involvement in childcare and housework and relationship breakdown, which are complex and variable according to different characteristics.