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- Title
Stagnation or transformation of attitudes towards the nurturing father? Comparative analysis in nine European countries for 1999 and 2008-2009.
- Authors
Kruse, Florien
- Abstract
There is a large body of cross-national research on attitudes towards maternal employment. However, little cross-national studies exist mapping attitudes towards father's involvement and how they evolve over time. The aim of this paper is to enhance our understanding of the factors that relate to the attitudes towards father's involvement by providing a rich comparison over time, country and inter-country factors by using the European Value Survey that included the following statement in 1999 and 2008-2009: In general, fathers are as well suited to look after their children as mothers. Special focus will be put on the influence of the welfare regime, age and gender. A descriptive analysis over time with age is given, to identify an intra-cohort change or cohort replacement, to explain the change of attitudes. Overall, most countries do not experience a significant absolute shift, only Great Britain, France and Spain become more supportive. Furthermore, attitudes towards fathers' involvement seem to fit the standard welfare typology. However, Spain and Poland were much more progressive than expected. The cohort replacement effect seems to be prevalent in Spain and France. Education level and having children only seem to be of influence in the attitude formation by women.
- Subjects
FATHERHOOD &; psychology; FATHERS' attitudes; FATHER-child relationship; WELFARE state; WORKING mothers
- Publication
Zeitschrift für Familienforschung (ZzF), 2017, Vol 29, Issue 2, p228
- ISSN
1437-2940
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3224/zff.v29i2.05