Between"Teaching"and"Nurturing":The Status of Father's Participation in Parenting and Its Influencing Factors
Based on theories about men's participation in housework,this paper examines the effect of gender ideology,time constrains and relative economic resources on fathers'involvement in children's education and daily care activities and their variations.Using a national level survey data,the results show that gender ideology is positively related to fathers'involvement in both activities.Relative economic resources have a negative relationship with both activities,and particularly more negative with older children's daily care.Among the time constrains factors,the female partner's employment status does not have a significant effect on fathers'involvement.However,living together with grandparents decreases fathers'involvement in 3～6-year-old children's daily care.Benefiting from the enhanced awareness of gender equality,the involvement of Chinese men in child-rearing has increased.However,men still selectively engage in"teaching"and"nurturing".China's unique family living patterns and women's labor participation rates result in time constraints affecting fatherly involvement in ways that differ from other countries.
father's involvement in parentinggender awarenesstime constraintsrelative economic resources
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