Couples' attitudes, childbirth and the division of labour

TY - JOUR

T1 - Couples' attitudes, childbirth and the division of labour

AU - Jansen, M.

AU - Liefbroer, A.C.

N1 - Reporting year: 2006

PY - 2006

Y1 - 2006

N2 - In this article, the authors examine effects of partners’ attitudes on the timing of the birth of a first child, the division of domestic labor, the division of child care, and the division of paid labor of couples. They use data from the Panel Study of Social Integration in the Netherlands, which includes independent measures of both partners’ attitudes in one wave (1995) and family life behavior in the next wave (1999). Using theories about decision rules, the authors formulate hypotheses about possible outcomes when partners have dissimilar attitudes. The results show that partners’ attitudes are not always identical. Most important, attitudes of both partners are found to be equally important in joint decisions.

AB - In this article, the authors examine effects of partners’ attitudes on the timing of the birth of a first child, the division of domestic labor, the division of child care, and the division of paid labor of couples. They use data from the Panel Study of Social Integration in the Netherlands, which includes independent measures of both partners’ attitudes in one wave (1995) and family life behavior in the next wave (1999). Using theories about decision rules, the authors formulate hypotheses about possible outcomes when partners have dissimilar attitudes. The results show that partners’ attitudes are not always identical. Most important, attitudes of both partners are found to be equally important in joint decisions.

U2 - 10.1177/0192513X06291038

DO - 10.1177/0192513X06291038

M3 - Article

SN - 0192-513X

VL - 27

SP - 1487

EP - 1511

JO - Journal of Family Issues

JF - Journal of Family Issues

IS - 11

ER -