Domestic gender equality and childbearing in Sweden
Domestic gender equality and childbearing in Sweden
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DOI：
10.4054/demres.2013.29.40
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发表时间：
2013-12-04
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Branden, Maria
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作者：
Goldscheider, Frances;Bernhardt, Eva;Branden, Maria
背景瑞典是世界上性别最平等的社会之一，它结合了现代。未婚同居、推迟生育、母亲劳动参与率高、离婚率高等家庭模式通常都与低出生率有关，但生育率相对较高。瑞典对家庭和孩子的责任分担程度也很高。目的20世纪末数十年的研究表明，工作场所性别平等的增加与较低的生育率有关，家庭性别平等是否会增加生育率？方法利用瑞典青年小组研究(YAPS)的数据，我们使用考克斯回归来检验第一胎、第二胎和第三胎对第一胎、第二胎和第三胎的影响：1)在照顾家庭和孩子方面平等分担的态度，以及2)在这些家务任务中实际分担责任。结果分析表明，衡量转变为父母之前的态度和四年后的实际做法，分享的态度和家务的实际分工之间的不一致降低了继续生育的可能性，特别是在女性中二胎的可能性。结论女性最有可能面临不一致的情况，在没有平等分担的家庭中，平等主义的理想，很明显，有一个不分担家务的伴侣正在压低瑞典的生育率。
BACKGROUNDSweden, which is among the most gender-equal societies in the world, combines, modern. family patterns such as unmarried cohabitation, delayed parenthood, high maternal labor force participation, and high break-up rates - all usually linked with low birth rates - with relatively high fertility. Sweden also has a high level of shared parental responsibility for home and children.OBJECTIVEAfter decades of late 20th century research showing that increasing gender equality in the workplace was linked with lower fertility, might gender equality in the home increase fertility?METHODSUsing data from the Swedish Young Adult Panel Study (YAPS), we use Cox regression to examine the effects on first, second, and third births of 1) holding attitudes about sharing equally in the care of the home and children, and 2) actual sharing in these domestic tasks.RESULTSOur analysis shows that, measuring attitudes before the transition to parenthood and actual practice four years later, it is inconsistency between sharing attitudes and the actual division of housework that reduces the likelihood of continued childbearing, especially on second births among women.CONCLUSIONSAs women are most likely to confront an inconsistent situation, with egalitarian ideals in a household without equal sharing, it is clear that having a partner who does not share housework is depressing Swedish fertility.