TY  - UNPB
A1  - Hebner, Bridgit
UR  - https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4246/
Y1  - 2023///
TI  - Who is Watching the Kid Tonight? The Effects of Informal Childcare on First Childbearing Decisions in Sweden
AV  - public
EP  - 38
N2  - 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.
M1  - bachelor
ID  - theses_frw4246
ER  -