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Does Fathers’ Involvement in Childcare and Housework Affect Couples’ Relationship Stability?

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  • Helen Norman
  • Mark Elliot
  • Colette Fagan

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Objective Building on previous analysis conducted by Schober (2012), we explore how paternal involvement in different childcare and housework tasks affects the probability of relationship breakdown between parents. Methods We use logistic regression on the U.K. Millennium Cohort Study to predict parental relationship breakdown from nine months to seven years post‐childbirth. Paternal involvement in four childcare and three housework tasks during the first year of parenthood, are used as explanatory variables. Results The amount of time the father spends alone, caring for the baby during the first year of parenthood, is associated with the stability of the parental relationship but the effect of involvement in other tasks is moderated by ethnicity and the mother's employment status. Conclusion These nonlinear relationships suggest further research is needed to explore the different associations between paternal involvement in childcare and housework and relationship breakdown, which are complex and variable according to different characteristics.

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  • Helen Norman & Mark Elliot & Colette Fagan, 2018. "Does Fathers’ Involvement in Childcare and Housework Affect Couples’ Relationship Stability?," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 99(5), pages 1599-1613, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:socsci:v:99:y:2018:i:5:p:1599-1613
    DOI: 10.1111/ssqu.12523
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    1. Hugues Champeaux & Francesca Marchetta, 2021. "Couples in lockdown, "La vie en rose" ? Evidence from France," CERDI Working papers hal-03149087, HAL.
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    3. Tina Haux & Lucinda Platt, 2021. "Fathers’ Involvement with Their Children Before and After Separation," European Journal of Population, Springer;European Association for Population Studies, vol. 37(1), pages 151-177, March.

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