Journal of Population Sciences
From: Grandparents, family solidarity and the division of housework: evidence from the Italian case
Overall | Men | Women | ||||
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Coef | S.E | Coef | S.E | Coef | S.E | |
Meetings with (grand)parents (Ref. Daily) | ||||||
Living at home | 0.339** | (0.069) | 0.328** | (0.097) | 0.363** | (0.094) |
Weekly | 0.060+ | (0.032) | 0.059 | (0.043) | 0.055 | (0.045) |
Less than weekly | 0.057 | (0.039) | − 0.030 | (0.053) | 0.139* | (0.055) |
N. of grandparents | 0.034* | (0.016) | 0.015 | (0.022) | 0.021 | (0.022) |
Age (Ref. 25–34) | ||||||
35–39 | − 0.102* | (0.047) | − 0.188** | (0.071) | − 0.085 | (0.060) |
40–44 | − 0.118** | (0.045) | − 0.176** | (0.067) | − 0.154** | (0.059) |
45–49 | − 0.103* | (0.047) | − 0.249** | (0.068) | − 0.107+ | (0.064) |
50–59 | 0.041 | (0.054) | − 0.149* | (0.074) | − 0.045 | (0.082) |
Region (Ref. North) | ||||||
Centre | 0.014 | (0.039) | 0.050 | (0.053) | − 0.059 | (0.054) |
South | − 0.058+ | (0.032) | − 0.074+ | (0.044) | − 0.074 | (0.045) |
Education (Ref. Tertiary) | ||||||
Secondary | − 0.099** | (0.038) | − 0.096+ | (0.056) | − 0.165** | (0.049) |
Lower than secondary | − 0.138** | (0.042) | − 0.095 | (0.059) | − 0.310** | (0.057) |
Employed | 0.381** | (0.058) | 0.193+ | (0.101) | 0.304** | (0.076) |
Working hours per week | 0.002 | (0.001) | − 0.007** | (0.002) | 0.003 | (0.002) |
Employed partner | 0.345** | (0.065) | 0.036 | (0.083) | 0.332** | (0.117) |
Partner working hours | − 0.010** | (0.002) | 0.007** | (0.002) | − 0.010** | (0.002) |
Hiring a housekeeper | 0.352** | (0.063) | 0.232* | (0.093) | 0.439** | (0.083) |
Babysitter | 0.135+ | (0.080) | 0.237* | (0.117) | 0.007 | (0.105) |
N. of children | − 0.053** | (0.018) | − 0.022 | (0.026) | − 0.038 | (0.026) |
Constant | − 0.711** | (0.135) | − 0.088 | (0.201) | − 0.637** | (0.182) |
Observations | 4991 | 2526 | 2465 | |||
R-squared | 0.085 | 0.053 | 0.109 |