Working Fathers and Childcare in the Czech republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/S1530-353520180000012005" target="_blank" >https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/S1530-353520180000012005</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Working Fathers and Childcare in the Czech republic

Original language description

The chapter draws on recent scientific findings on the participation of fathers in childcare, and the perception of the role of fathers by both men and women in the Czech Republic. We apply a mixed method approach, combining qualitative data from longitudinal research on transition to motherhood and fatherhood (TransPARENT), which traced 16 parental couples for four years, with data from quantitative surveys on the topics of parenting and work–life balance. The data are examined for the incidence of breadwinner and the involved father models in Czech families. We focus on the earliest stage of the family life course, that is, when the children are aged between zero and four years. We show that fathers of young children still predominantly assume the breadwinner role, leaving most childcare to mothers. However, the growing number of parents expressing a preference for a more equal sharing of childcare indicates a shift in both the perception of fatherhood and the value placed on the active participation of fathers in early childcare in the Czech Republic. The main limitation of this text is that it only focuses on families with very young children. The future research should fill the gaps in contemporary knowledge of Czech families by addressing the division of roles, and particularly the roles of fathers, in households with school-age children. The chapter suggests that fathers’ greater involvement in childcare could be stimulated by policy measures such as the introduction of paternal leave or broadening the range of (public) childcare services for the youngest children.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

C - Chapter in a specialist book

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50401 - Sociology

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA15-14736S" target="_blank" >GA15-14736S: Fatherhood and Motherhood in the Contexts of Labour Market and Social Policy</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name

Fathers, Childcare and Work: Cultures, Practices and Policies

ISBN

978-1-78743-042-6

Number of pages of the result

25

Pages from-to

103-128

Number of pages of the book

291

Publisher name

Emerald Publishing Limited

Place of publication

Bingley

UT code for WoS chapter

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