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Table 8 FathersPostlockdown dynamics in parental division of childcare by lockdown-specific work arrangements.

From: Neither backlash nor convergence: dynamics of intra-couple childcare division during the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

Pre-Covid-19 (ref.)

   

 June 2020

− 0.182***

− 0.185***

− 0.208*

 

(0.055)

(0.055)

(0.113)

 July 2020

− 0.133*

− 0.192***

− 0.153

 

(0.076)

(0.066)

(0.101)

 August 2020

− 0.087

− 0.181***

− 0.222**

 

(0.070)

(0.065)

(0.096)

Father > 20 work hrs, remote work possible (ref.)

   

 Father > 20 work hrs, remote work not possible

− 0.078

  
 

(0.111)

  

 Father ≤ 20 work hrs

− 0.263*

  
 

(0.159)

  

 Father not employed

− 0.092

  
 

(0.266)

  

 June 2020 × Father > 20 work hrs, remote work not possible

0.211**

0.205**

0.173

 

(0.085)

(0.084)

(0.157)

 July 2020 × Father > 20 work hrs, remote work not possible

0.016

− 0.007

− 0.026

 

(0.147)

(0.132)

(0.145)

 August 2020 × Father > 20 work hrs, remote work not possible

− 0.010

− 0.015

− 0.135

 

(0.127)

(0.117)

(0.152)

 June 2020 × Father ≤ 20 work hrs

− 0.193

− 0.190

− 0.246

 

(0.200)

(0.200)

(0.265)

 July 2020 × Father ≤ 20 work hrs

− 0.063

0.039

− 0.029

 

(0.202)

(0.171)

(0.156)

 August 2020 × Father ≤ 20 work hrs

− 0.176

− 0.064

0.040

 

(0.223)

(0.186)

(0.201)

 June 2020 × Father not employed

− 0.051

− 0.077

− 0.042

 

(0.260)

(0.265)

(0.437)

 July 2020 × Father not employed

− 0.172

− 0.175

− 0.347

 

(0.358)

(0.313)

(0.578)

 August 2020 × Father not employed

− 0.262

0.059

− 0.278

 

(0.407)

(0.463)

(0.577)

 Constant

3.826***

3.804***

3.783***

 

(0.060)

(0.029)

(0.049)

 Individual FE

No

Yes

Yes

 No. individuals

516

516

115

 N

1272

1272

460

 Sample

Unbalanced

Unbalanced

Balanced

  1. Dependent variable parental division of childcare measured on a 5-point scale from 1 “entirely father” to 5 “entirely mother”. ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1