A Typology of Work-Family Arrangements among Dual-Earner Couples in Norway

Autor/inn/en	Kitterod, Ragni Hege; Lappegard, Trude
Titel	A Typology of Work-Family Arrangements among Dual-Earner Couples in Norway
Quelle	In: Family Relations, 61 (2012) 4, S.671-685 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0197-6664
DOI	10.1111/j.1741-3729.2012.00725.x
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Models; Child Caregivers; Employed Parents; Fathers; Classification; Family Work Relationship; Sex Role; National Surveys; Working Hours; Educational Attainment; Sex Fairness; Health; Private Sector; Public Sector; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Analogiemodell; Caregiver; Caregivers; Carer; Child; Children; Kinderbetreuung; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Geschlechterrolle; Hours of work; Arbeitszeit; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Sexualaufklärung; Gesundheit; Privater Sektor; Öffentlicher Sektor; Norwegen
Abstract	A symmetrical family model of two workers or caregivers is a political goal in many western European countries. We explore how common this family type is in Norway, a country with high gender-equality ambitions, by using a multinomial latent class model to develop a typology of dual-earner couples with children based on the partners' allocations of paid and unpaid work. Using data on 2,617 respondents from the Norwegian Generations and Gender Survey, we estimate 4 classes, of which 2 are characterized by a fairly equal sharing between the partners and 2 have more traditional arrangements. Equal sharing is practiced by 4 out of 10 couples and is most likely when the partners are well educated and work regular hours and the father is in public-sector employment. A traditional practice is likely when the partners have less education, the mother has health problems, the father has private-sector employment, and the partners work irregular hours. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10