Care for Sick Children as a Proxy for Gender Equality in the Family

Autor/inn/en	Eriksson, Rickard; Nermo, Magnus
Titel	Care for Sick Children as a Proxy for Gender Equality in the Family
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 97 (2010) 3, S.341-356 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-009-9505-y
Schlagwörter	Housework; Foreign Countries; Sex Fairness; Gender Issues; Social Indicators; Child Care; Parent Role; Sex Role; Family Environment; Family Work Relationship; Family Life; Sociometric Techniques; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hausarbeit; Ausland; Sexualaufklärung; Geschlechterfrage; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Parental role; Elternrolle; Geschlechterrolle; Familienmilieu; Soziometrie; Schweden
Abstract	Swedish parents are entitled to government paid benefits to take care of sick children. In this paper we show that the gender distribution of paid care for sick children is a good proxy for the gender division of household work. Using two examples we show that registry data on care for sick children is a useful data source for studies on gender equality in the family. Our first example shows that increased effort at work leads to a lower effort in household work, and a higher effort at home for the other spouse. Our second example provides some evidence for a pro-cyclical pattern in gender equality. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10