Table 3.
Linear regression models on symmetry in the division of routine and instrumental housework tasks (5 items) (Z-score)
| Overall | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coef | S.E | Coef | S.E | Coef | S.E | |
|
Meetings with (grand)parents (Ref. Daily) | ||||||
| Living at home | 0.300** | (0.068) | 0.301** | (0.096) | 0.311** | (0.088) |
| Weekly | 0.068* | (0.031) | 0.064 | (0.042) | 0.061 | (0.042) |
| Less than weekly | 0.069 | (0.040) | 0.021 | (0.052) | 0.101+ | (0.052) |
| N. of grandparents | 0.030+ | (0.016) | 0.005 | (0.022) | 0.015 | (0.021) |
| Age (Ref. 25–34) | ||||||
| 35–39 | − 0.097* | (0.046) | − 0.174* | (0.070) | − 0.098+ | (0.056) |
| 40–44 | − 0.103* | (0.044) | − 0.174** | (0.066) | − 0.149** | (0.055) |
| 45–49 | − 0.066 | (0.046) | − 0.248** | (0.067) | − 0.069 | (0.060) |
| 50–59 | 0.064 | (0.053) | − 0.175* | (0.073) | − 0.034 | (0.077) |
| Region (Ref. North) | ||||||
| Centre | 0.023 | (0.038) | 0.052 | (0.053) | − 0.042 | (0.051) |
| South | − 0.091** | (0.031) | − 0.113** | (0.043) | − 0.104* | (0.042) |
| Education (Ref. Tertiary) | ||||||
| Secondary | − 0.079* | (0.037) | − 0.049 | (0.055) | − 0.186** | (0.046) |
| Lower than secondary | − 0.121** | (0.041) | − 0.059 | (0.059) | − 0.341** | (0.054) |
| Employed | 0.330** | (0.057) | 0.135 | (0.100) | 0.255** | (0.071) |
| Working hours per week | 0.005** | (0.001) | − 0.005** | (0.002) | 0.005* | (0.002) |
| Employed partner | 0.425** | (0.064) | 0.096 | (0.083) | 0.361** | (0.110) |
| Partner working hours | − 0.013** | (0.001) | 0.005* | (0.002) | − 0.012** | (0.002) |
| Hiring a housekeeper | 0.378** | (0.062) | 0.289** | (0.092) | 0.447** | (0.078) |
| Babysitter | 0.169* | (0.078) | 0.227* | (0.115) | 0.078 | (0.099) |
| N. of children | − 0.055** | (0.018) | − 0.029 | (0.025) | − 0.028 | (0.024) |
| Constant | − 0.789** | (0.132) | − 0.040 | (0.199) | − 0.758** | (0.171) |
| Observations | 4991 | 2526 | 2465 | |||
| R-squared | 0.119 | 0.054 | 0.134 | |||
**p < 0.01, *p < 0.05, +p < 0.1