eprintid: 4246
rev_number: 5
eprint_status: archive
userid: 1
dir: disk0/00/00/42/46
datestamp: 2023-07-13 07:21:07
lastmod: 2023-07-13 07:21:07
status_changed: 2023-07-13 07:21:07
type: thesis
metadata_visibility: show
sword_depositor: 1
creators_name: Hebner, Bridgit
creators_id: S4225856
creators_email: b.hebner@student.rug.nl
title: Who is Watching the Kid Tonight? The Effects of Informal Childcare on First Childbearing Decisions in Sweden
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
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.
date: 2023
pages: 38
thesis_type: bachelor
degree_programme: SGP
tutors_name: Remund, A.P.P.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Demografie
tutors_email: A.P.P.Remund@rug.nl
security: public
keywords_local: children
keywords_local: childbearing
keywords_local: childcare
keywords_local: family
keywords_local: informal care
keywords_local: institutional care
keywords_local: parenting
keywords_local: policy
keywords_local: Sweden
keywords_local: work-life balance
language_iso: en
date_issued: 2023-07-12
citation:   Hebner, Bridgit  (2023) Who is Watching the Kid Tonight? The Effects of Informal Childcare on First Childbearing Decisions in Sweden.  Bachelor thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4246/1/Who%20is%20Watching%20the%20Kid%20Tonight%20The%20Effects%20of%20Informal%20Childcare%20on%20First%20Childbearing%20Decisions%20in%20Sweden.pdf