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Cross-National Differences in the Association Between Parental Work Hours and Time with Children in Europe: A Multilevel Analysis

Abstract  

This study investigates cross-national differences in the association between parental work hours and parent–child interaction
time and explains differences in this individual-level association on the basis of country characteristics. It extends prior
research by testing the moderating effects of country characteristics through multilevel analyses and by considering the possibility
of selection effects. The presumption was that parents employ strategies to protect family life from work encroachments and
that these strategies are enhanced by reconciliation policies, stronger parenthood ideologies, access to part-time work and
higher income levels. Multilevel analyses were based on a subset of 5.183 parents in 23 countries from the 2005 European Working
Conditions Survey that was complemented with country-level data. The negative association between parental work hours and
parent–child time indeed varied significantly across countries and was weaker in countries where formal child care coverage
was higher, part-time work was less prevalent, and earnings were lower. The effects of part-time work and earnings mainly
applied to mothers. These findings suggest that child care coverage limits the availability of children and that differences
in parent–child time between parents who work short and long hours are more pronounced when part-time work is more accessible
and affordable.

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Pages 1-22
  • DOI 10.1007/s11205-011-9949-8
  • Authors
    • Anne Roeters, Department of Sociology/Interuniversity Centre for Social Science Theory and Methodology (ICS), Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 2, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Journal Social Indicators Research
    • Online ISSN 1573-0921
    • Print ISSN 0303-8300
Posted in: Journal Article Abstracts on 10/16/2011 | Link to this post on IFP |
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