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 | 0.342** | (0.071) | 0.326** | (0.099) | 0.364** | (0.096) |
Weekly | 0.066* | (0.032) | 0.072+ | (0.043) | 0.056 | (0.045) |
Less than weekly | 0.087* | (0.040) | 0.002 | (0.054) | 0.173** | (0.057) |
N. of grandparents | 0.036* | (0.016) | 0.017 | (0.023) | 0.025 | (0.023) |
Age (Ref. 25–34) | ||||||
35–39 | − 0.121* | (0.047) | − 0.202** | (0.072) | − 0.110+ | (0.060) |
40–44 | − 0.120** | (0.045) | − 0.171* | (0.068) | − 0.161** | (0.059) |
45–49 | − 0.116* | (0.048) | − 0.260** | (0.069) | − 0.121+ | (0.065) |
50–59 | 0.016 | (0.055) | − 0.154* | (0.075) | − 0.098 | (0.082) |
Region (Ref. North) | ||||||
Centre | 0.024 | (0.039) | 0.057 | (0.054) | − 0.053 | (0.055) |
South | − 0.046 | (0.033) | − 0.056 | (0.044) | − 0.062 | (0.046) |
Education (Ref. Tertiary) | ||||||
Secondary | − 0.087* | (0.038) | − 0.073 | (0.056) | − 0.155** | (0.049) |
Lower than secondary | − 0.112** | (0.042) | − 0.056 | (0.060) | − 0.286** | (0.058) |
Employed | 0.361** | (0.059) | 0.143 | (0.103) | 0.292** | (0.077) |
Working hours per week | 0.002 | (0.001) | − 0.006** | (0.002) | 0.003 | (0.002) |
Employed partner | 0.341** | (0.066) | 0.048 | (0.084) | 0.285* | (0.118) |
Partner working hours | − 0.010** | (0.002) | 0.006** | (0.002) | − 0.010** | (0.002) |
Hiring a housekeeper | 0.346** | (0.064) | 0.223* | (0.094) | 0.438** | (0.084) |
Babysitter | 0.148+ | (0.080) | 0.243* | (0.117) | 0.011 | (0.106) |
N. of children | − 0.049* | (0.019) | − 0.016 | (0.026) | − 0.031 | (0.026) |
Traditional family norms | − 0.010** | (0.003) | − 0.011* | (0.004) | − 0.014** | (0.004) |
Constant | − 0.528** | (0.151) | 0.123 | (0.225) | − 0.332 | (0.204) |
Observations | 4835 | 2449 | 2386 | |||
R-squared | 0.086 | 0.054 | 0.113 |