dc.contributor.author | Eerola, Petteri | |
dc.contributor.author | Lammi-Taskula, Johanna | |
dc.contributor.author | O’Brien, Margaret | |
dc.contributor.author | Hietamäki, Johanna | |
dc.contributor.author | Räikkönen, Eija | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-05T13:32:42Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-11-05T13:32:42Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Eerola, P., Lammi-Taskula, J., O’Brien, M., Hietamäki, J., & Räikkönen, E. (2019). Fathers’ Leave Take-Up in Finland : Motivations and Barriers in a Complex Nordic Leave Scheme. <i>Sage Open</i>, <i>9</i>(4), 1-14. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244019885389" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244019885389</a> | |
dc.identifier.other | CONVID_33364201 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/66178 | |
dc.description.abstract | Despite being the first country in the world to introduce paternity leave in 1978, Finland’s current national leave scheme is complex with regard to incentivizing fathers’ take-up. Taking the unique Finnish leave scheme as a case example, this article examines fathers’ motivations and barriers to leave. Although research on fathers’ take-up of leave in divergent leave policy contexts has increased dramatically, fathers’ motivations and barriers to leave have remained underresearched. The article reports on a survey sample of 852 Finnish fathers of infants who were taking paternity, parental, and other forms of leave, drawn from the Population Register Center. Results show that less than 20% of fathers report taking no leave, with more than 80% taking some form of leave. A multinomial logistic regression analysis indicates that father’s work, partner’s education, and family income, along with father’s wish to take a break from work and wish to facilitate mother’s return to work or studies, are the key characteristics and motivations associated with fathers’ take-up of leave. The most common barriers to fathers’ take-up of leave were related to the family’s economic situation and the father’s job. It is suggested that decreasing maternalism in the leave scheme, by extending investment in fathers’ individual well-paid leave weeks, will also help promote greater gender equality for working parents in Finland following the path of Nordic neighbors. | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language | eng | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Sage Publications, Inc. | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Sage Open | |
dc.rights | CC BY 4.0 | |
dc.subject.other | Suomi | |
dc.subject.other | fatherhood | |
dc.subject.other | paternity leave | |
dc.subject.other | parental leave | |
dc.subject.other | Finland | |
dc.title | Fathers’ Leave Take-Up in Finland : Motivations and Barriers in a Complex Nordic Leave Scheme | |
dc.type | article | |
dc.identifier.urn | URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201911054729 | |
dc.contributor.laitos | Kasvatustieteiden ja psykologian tiedekunta | fi |
dc.contributor.laitos | Faculty of Education and Psychology | en |
dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | |
dc.type.coar | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1 | |
dc.description.reviewstatus | peerReviewed | |
dc.format.pagerange | 1-14 | |
dc.relation.issn | 2158-2440 | |
dc.relation.numberinseries | 4 | |
dc.relation.volume | 9 | |
dc.type.version | publishedVersion | |
dc.rights.copyright | © The Author(s) 2019 | |
dc.rights.accesslevel | openAccess | fi |
dc.relation.grantnumber | 314317 | |
dc.subject.yso | isyys | |
dc.subject.yso | vanhempainvapaa | |
dc.subject.yso | isyysvapaa | |
dc.subject.yso | vanhemmuus | |
dc.format.content | fulltext | |
jyx.subject.uri | http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p15334 | |
jyx.subject.uri | http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p8664 | |
jyx.subject.uri | http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p7721 | |
jyx.subject.uri | http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p3312 | |
dc.rights.url | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.relation.doi | 10.1177/2158244019885389 | |
dc.relation.funder | Suomen Akatemia | fi |
dc.relation.funder | Research Council of Finland | en |
jyx.fundingprogram | Strategisen tutkimuksen ohjelmat STN, SA | fi |
jyx.fundingprogram | Strategic research programmes, AoF | en |
jyx.fundinginformation | The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was funded by the Strategic Research Council of the Academy of Finland (SA314317). | |
dc.type.okm | A1 | |