Japanese Fathers of Preschoolers and Their Involvement in Child Care

Autor/inn/en	Ishii-kuntz, Masako; Makino, Katsuko; Kato, Kuniko; Tsuchiya, Michiko
Titel	Japanese Fathers of Preschoolers and Their Involvement in Child Care
Quelle	In: Journal of Marriage and Family, 66 (2004) 3, S.779-791 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2445
DOI	10.1111/j.0022-2445.2004.00052.x
Schlagwörter	Preschool Children; Mothers; Job Satisfaction; Fathers; Child Care; Parent Child Relationship; Parent Role; Foreign Countries + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Mother; Mutter; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Parental role; Elternrolle; Ausland
Abstract	We examine how relative resources, time availability, gender ideology, living arrangement, child-care demand, and job satisfaction are associated with the levels of younger Japanese fathers involvement in child care for preschoolers. A theoretical model that includes these factors is tested using 1994 data collected from Japanese fathers and mothers with preschool children (N=442 couples). We find that practical considerations such as fathers shorter work hours, mothers fulltime employment, fewer adults and more children in households, and younger ages of children are associated with higher levels of paternal involvement. Implications of these findings are discussed in light of attention to ways to encourage Japanese men's sharing of child-care responsibilities with their wives. (Author).
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