Policy as normative influence? On the relationship between parental leave policy and social norms in gender division of childcare across 48 countries.
childcare
gender inequality
parental leave
policy
social norms
Journal
The British journal of social psychology
ISSN: 2044-8309
Titre abrégé: Br J Soc Psychol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8105534
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
23 Oct 2024
23 Oct 2024
Historique:
received:
26
02
2024
accepted:
18
09
2024
medline:
23
10
2024
pubmed:
23
10
2024
entrez:
23
10
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
In the present work, we addressed the relationship between parental leave policies and social norms. Using a pre-registered, cross-national approach, we examined the relationship between parental leave policies and the perception of social norms for the gender division of childcare. In this study, 19,259 students (11,924 women) from 48 countries indicated the degree to which they believe childcare is (descriptive norm) and should be (prescriptive norm) equally divided among mothers and fathers. Policies were primarily operationalized as the existence of parental leave options in the respective country. The descriptive and prescriptive norms of equal division of childcare were stronger when parental leave was available in a country - also when controlling for potential confounding variables. Moreover, analyses of time since policy change suggested that policy change may initially affect prescriptive norms and then descriptive norms at a later point. However, due to the cross-sectional nature of the data, drawing causal inferences is difficult.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Subventions
Organisme : German Research Foundation
ID : SCHU 3362/2-1
Organisme : Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Development Grant
ID : 430-2018-00361
Organisme : Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Development Grant
ID : 435-2014-1247
Organisme : Basic Research Program at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University)
Organisme : Economic and Social Research Council
ID : ES/S00274X/1
Organisme : Spanish State Research Agency
ID : PID2019-111549GB-I00
Organisme : Guangdong 13th-five Philosophy and Social Science Planning Project
ID : GD20CXL06
Organisme : National Natural Science Foundation of China
ID : 31600912
Organisme : HUME Lab Experimental Humanities Laboratory, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University
Organisme : Swiss National Science Foundation
ID : P1ZHP1_184553
Pays : Switzerland
Organisme : Swiss National Science Foundation
ID : P500PS_206546
Pays : Switzerland
Organisme : Swiss National Science Foundation
ID : P2LAP1_194987
Pays : Switzerland
Organisme : Center for Social Conflict and Cohesion Studies
ID : 15130009
Organisme : Center for Intercultural and Indigenous Research
ID : 15110006
Organisme : Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship
ID : 756-2017-0249
Organisme : Slovak Research and Development Agency
ID : APVV 20-0319
Organisme : Canada Research Chairs
ID : CRC 152583
Organisme : Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
ID : 140649
Organisme : Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
ID : 152655
Informations de copyright
© 2024 British Psychological Society.
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