Fatherhood in Institutional Context: Explaining Variation in Fathers' Time with C

描述(由申请人提供)：虽然我们开始了解预测父亲参与的个人和家庭层面的过程，但我们对影响这些过程的制度因素知之甚少。我试图更好地理解在现代福利国家中，父亲参与是如何在社会上构建的。本研究旨在回答三个问题：1)父亲陪伴孩子的时间是否存在跨国差异？2)与父亲参与有关的个人和家庭层面的机制是否存在跨国差异？3)这些水平和/或影响的跨国差异是否符合机构背景和父亲参与之间的预测关系？我计划将21世纪初在美国和欧洲进行的四项全国时间使用调查标准化，并制定父亲参与的创新措施。我将使用各种统计技术来了解这些国家之间和内部的差异，并将采用有重点的案例研究方法来了解这些差异。该项目有可能增加我们对影响父亲参与的机制的理解，通过整合多个层次的分析来推动这一领域的发展，并为鼓励积极为父的政策提供信息。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): While we are beginning to understand the individual- and household-level processes that predict father involvement, we know less about the institutional factors that influence these processes. I seek to better understand the ways in which father involvement is socially constructed in modern welfare states. This research is designed to answer three questions: 1) Are there cross-national differences in the time fathers spend with their children? 2) Are there cross-national differences in the individual- and household-level mechanisms associated with father involvement? 3) Do these cross-national differences in levels and/or effects correspond to predicted relationships between institutional context and father involvement? I plan to standardize four national time use surveys conducted in the early 2000s in the United States and Europe and craft innovative measures of father involvement. I will use a variety of statistical techniques to understand variation between and within these countries, and I will employ a focused case-study approach to understanding these differences. The project has the potential to add to our understanding of mechanisms that influence father involvement, to advance the field through an integration of multiple levels of analysis, and to inform policy that encourages active fathering.