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dc.contributor.authorEerola, Petteri
dc.contributor.authorLammi-Taskula, Johanna
dc.contributor.authorO’Brien, Margaret
dc.contributor.authorHietamäki, Johanna
dc.contributor.authorRäikkönen, Eija
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-05T13:32:42Z
dc.date.available2019-11-05T13:32:42Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationEerola, 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.otherCONVID_33364201
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/66178
dc.description.abstractDespite 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
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dc.languageeng
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage Publications, Inc.
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSage Open
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.subject.otherSuomi
dc.subject.otherfatherhood
dc.subject.otherpaternity leave
dc.subject.otherparental leave
dc.subject.otherFinland
dc.titleFathers’ Leave Take-Up in Finland : Motivations and Barriers in a Complex Nordic Leave Scheme
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-201911054729
dc.contributor.laitosKasvatustieteiden ja psykologian tiedekuntafi
dc.contributor.laitosFaculty of Education and Psychologyen
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle
dc.type.coarhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1
dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.format.pagerange1-14
dc.relation.issn2158-2440
dc.relation.numberinseries4
dc.relation.volume9
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
dc.rights.copyright© The Author(s) 2019
dc.rights.accesslevelopenAccessfi
dc.relation.grantnumber314317
dc.subject.ysoisyys
dc.subject.ysovanhempainvapaa
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jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p15334
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p8664
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p7721
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p3312
dc.rights.urlhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.relation.doi10.1177/2158244019885389
dc.relation.funderSuomen Akatemiafi
dc.relation.funderResearch Council of Finlanden
jyx.fundingprogramStrategisen tutkimuksen ohjelmat STN, SAfi
jyx.fundingprogramStrategic research programmes, AoFen
jyx.fundinginformationThe 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).
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