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- Title
The Influence of Partner Involvement in Fatherhood and Domestic Tasks on Mothers Fertility Expectations in Italy.
- Authors
Pinnelli, Antonella; Fiori, Francesca
- Abstract
Does greater partner involvement in household tasks and childcare increase the mother's desire to have a second or a third child? An answer to this question was sought in Italy, a country characterised by very low fertility. Further comparisons were made between working and non-working mothers. Data from the ISTAT Survey on Births completed in 2000-2001 were used to study the impact of fathers' involvement and mothers' employment on expected fertility of women who had a child between 18 to 21 months prior to their interviews (N = 9,852). Working women had the same fertility intentions as non-working women, but these expectations were conditioned by several factors. Fathers' participation in childcare and domestic activities significantly increased the intention to have a second child for working women, while fathers' participation had no influence on the intentions to have a third child or on fertility intentions of non-working women.
- Subjects
ITALY; FATHERHOOD; HOUSEHUSBANDS; FATHERS; PARENTHOOD; MOTHERS; DOMESTIC relations
- Publication
Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research & Practice about Men as Fathers, 2008, Vol 6, Issue 2, p169
- ISSN
1537-6680
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3149/fth.0602.169