University of Calgary

Parenting and childcare

Overview: This project examines various dimensions of parenting including parenting style (and its impact on children), the combination of work and family responsibilities, and the time investment of parents in their children.


Sub-project on parental time: Key questions include: How much time do parents devote to their children? How does parental time vary with education and social class? Has parental time increased, or decreased, over time?


New: Parental time use in Europe: This paper uses data from the European time use survey (HETUS) to examine cross-national differences in parental time. More information on this paper along with background material appears below. 


Abstract


Sources of data (macro-level indicators)

Macro-level dataset

Methodological note (quality of the data)

Supplementary table (full results of correlation analysis)

Supplementary table (sample sizes)

 


Other papers on this topic:


Gauthier, Anne, Furstenberg, Frank F. Jr and Smeeding, Timothy M. "Are parents investing less time in children? Trends in selected industrialized countries" Population and Development Review, Vol. 30, No. 4 (2004), pages 647-671


 


Gauthier, Anne, Sayer, L. and Furstenberg, F.F. Jr. "Social Class Differences in Parental Time with Children: Cross-National Variations" Journal of Marriage and the Family (2004), pages 1152-1169


Gauthier, Anne and Pacholok, S. "A tale of dual-earner families in four countries" In: N. Folbre and M. Bitman (eds). Family Time; The Social Organization of Care, London and NY: Routledge (2004), pages 197-223


 


Gauthier, Anne, Fedick, C. and Pacholok, S. "Methodological issues related to the measurement of parental time" (2005)


 


See also our Research Brief #3 and the CRISP research brief on parental time: http://www.unb.ca/crisp/pdf/pbrief_parents_time_use.pdf