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dc.contributor.authorPeltoperä, Kaisu
dc.contributor.authorMoilanen, Sanna
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-10T10:38:39Z
dc.date.available2024-09-10T10:38:39Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.identifier.citationPeltoperä, K., & Moilanen, S. (2024). Rational or emotional decisions? Parents’ nonstandard work hours and the justifications for using informal childcare. <i>Community, Work and Family</i>, <i>Early online</i>. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/13668803.2024.2398589" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1080/13668803.2024.2398589</a>
dc.identifier.otherCONVID_242609484
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/96989
dc.description.abstractThis study examined whether the number of weekly childcare arrangements for under-school-aged children is associated with parental nonstandard hours (e.g. evenings, nights, or irregular schedules) and the reasons and justifications parents working nonstandard hours give for using informal care arrangements. Using cross-sectional survey data of 359 Finnish parents with children aged 0–6 years, we found that nonstandard work hours, compared with standard daytime hours, were associated with a higher number of weekly care arrangements for children under 5 years old. Qualitative parental interviews (N = 27) further revealed three justifications for using informal care: ‘Leaning on parents’ values and desires’, ‘Disclaiming from actions potentially harming the child’, and ‘Balancing parents’ needs and the moral aspects of using informal childcare’. Our findings highlight that parents of young children tend to rely on multiple childcare arrangements during nonstandard work hours even in a country with a comprehensive institutional early childhood education and care (ECEC) infrastructure and affordable tax-based provision of around-the-clock care (i.e. extended hours ECEC). Furthermore, emotional-based reasons related to ensuring child well-being were emphasised over rational-based ones when parents provided justifications for using informal arrangements during nonstandard hours.en
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCommunity, Work and Family
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.subject.otherchildcare decisions
dc.subject.otherearly childhood education and care (ECEC)
dc.subject.otheremotional choice theory
dc.subject.otherinformal childcare
dc.subject.othernonstandard work hours
dc.subject.otherrational choice theory
dc.titleRational or emotional decisions? Parents’ nonstandard work hours and the justifications for using informal childcare
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-202409105870
dc.contributor.laitosKasvatustieteiden laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of Educationen
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle
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dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.relation.issn1366-8803
dc.relation.volumeEarly online
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
dc.rights.copyright© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
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jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p1650
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p5515
dc.rights.urlhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.relation.doi10.1080/13668803.2024.2398589
jyx.fundinginformationThis work was supported by Academy of Finland: [Grant Number 251410].
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