Hebner, Bridgit (2023) Who is Watching the Kid Tonight? The Effects of Informal Childcare on First Childbearing Decisions in Sweden. Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
Families in Sweden are having their first child at a later age, despite an abundance of government support with childcare. This is due to an increase in control over family planning for women, as well as participation in the workforce. How these family policies providing institutional care work to balance careers and family life must be investigated. Through a literature review and series of multiple linear regression models, this research seeks to answer the question: How does the reception of informal childcare influence the age of first childbearing in Sweden? It may be seen that the current policies to make institutional childcare in Sweden are effective, causing no significant relationship to exist between informal care and age at first birth. Sex also does not moderate this, meaning that the policies are fairly equitable. Proximity to family does play a role in this analysis, with couples having a significantly different age at first birth due to the spatial presence of family. In the final model, no significant difference was found between the use of institutional care and informal care in Sweden on the age of first childbearing. Institutional childcare in Sweden is effective.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Human Geography and Planning |
| Supervisor: | Remund, A.P.P. |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Jul 2023 07:21 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Jul 2023 07:21 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4246 |
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