Men's use of parental leaves and their involvement in child care in Europe
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During the last decade, policy developments in the field of parental leave have tended to promote actively men´s use of this kind of leave as a way for promoting a greater gender equality. Using the European working conditions survey 2005, in particular the subsample of fathers with children less than 8 years old, this article analyses the research question if men´s use of parental leave is related with a greater involvement in childcare and housework. Based on a binomial logistic regression, controlling for different aspects of work conditions, family situation and educational level, results show a positive relationship between men´s use of parental leave in the year previous to the survey and daily childcare and housework involvement. Men´s use of parental leave seems then to be an effective mechanism of men´s socialization in care activities.
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