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 | 0.257** | (0.068) | 0.276** | (0.096) | 0.255** | (0.088) |
Weekly | 0.074* | (0.031) | 0.069 | (0.042) | 0.067 | (0.042) |
Less than weekly | 0.077* | (0.038) | 0.026 | (0.052) | 0.110* | (0.052) |
N. of grandparents | 0.031+ | (0.016) | 0.004 | (0.022) | 0.018 | (0.021) |
Age (Ref. 25–34) | ||||||
35–39 | − 0.087+ | (0.046) | − 0.164* | (0.070) | − 0.092 | (0.056) |
40–44 | − 0.096* | (0.044) | − 0.173** | (0.066) | − 0.135* | (0.055) |
45–49 | − 0.058 | (0.046) | − 0.243** | (0.067) | − 0.057 | (0.060) |
50–59 | 0.068 | (0.053) | − 0.172* | (0.073) | − 0.031 | (0.076) |
Region (Ref. North) | ||||||
Centre | 0.024 | (0.038) | 0.047 | (0.053) | − 0.028 | (0.051) |
South | − 0.093** | (0.031) | − 0.117** | (0.043) | − 0.098* | (0.042) |
Education (Ref. Tertiary) | ||||||
Secondary | − 0.061+ | (0.037) | − 0.041 | (0.055) | − 0.161** | (0.046) |
Lower than secondary | − 0.103* | (0.041) | − 0.049 | (0.059) | − 0.321** | (0.054) |
Employed | 0.332** | (0.057) | 0.143 | (0.100) | 0.260** | (0.071) |
Working hours per week | 0.005** | (0.001) | − 0.005** | (0.002) | 0.004* | (0.002) |
Employed partner | 0.434** | (0.064) | 0.104 | (0.083) | 0.367** | (0.109) |
Partner working hours | − 0.014** | (0.001) | 0.005* | (0.002) | − 0.012** | (0.002) |
Hiring a housekeeper | 0.295** | (0.063) | 0.243** | (0.094) | 0.341** | (0.080) |
Babysitter | 0.148+ | (0.078) | 0.216+ | (0.115) | 0.052 | (0.098) |
N. of children | − 0.055** | (0.018) | − 0.030 | (0.025) | − 0.027 | (0.024) |
Outsourcing at least one activity | 0.231** | (0.039) | 0.141* | (0.055) | 0.285** | (0.051) |
Constant | − 0.731** | (0.132) | − 0.010 | (0.200) | − 0.697** | (0.171) |
Observations | 4991 | 2526 | 2465 | |||
R-squared | 0.125 | 0.056 | 0.145 |