Table 7.

Linear regression models on symmetry in the division of housework tasks (Z-score)

	Overall		Men		Women
	Coef	S.E	Coef	S.E	Coef	S.E
Meetings with (grand)parents (Ref. Daily)
Living at home	0.342**	(0.071)	0.326**	(0.099)	0.364**	(0.096)
Weekly	0.066*	(0.032)	0.072+	(0.043)	0.056	(0.045)
Less than weekly	0.087*	(0.040)	0.002	(0.054)	0.173**	(0.057)
N. of grandparents	0.036*	(0.016)	0.017	(0.023)	0.025	(0.023)
Age (Ref. 25–34)
35–39	− 0.121*	(0.047)	− 0.202**	(0.072)	− 0.110+	(0.060)
40–44	− 0.120**	(0.045)	− 0.171*	(0.068)	− 0.161**	(0.059)
45–49	− 0.116*	(0.048)	− 0.260**	(0.069)	− 0.121+	(0.065)
50–59	0.016	(0.055)	− 0.154*	(0.075)	− 0.098	(0.082)
Region (Ref. North)
Centre	0.024	(0.039)	0.057	(0.054)	− 0.053	(0.055)
South	− 0.046	(0.033)	− 0.056	(0.044)	− 0.062	(0.046)
Education (Ref. Tertiary)
Secondary	− 0.087*	(0.038)	− 0.073	(0.056)	− 0.155**	(0.049)
Lower than secondary	− 0.112**	(0.042)	− 0.056	(0.060)	− 0.286**	(0.058)
Employed	0.361**	(0.059)	0.143	(0.103)	0.292**	(0.077)
Working hours per week	0.002	(0.001)	− 0.006**	(0.002)	0.003	(0.002)
Employed partner	0.341**	(0.066)	0.048	(0.084)	0.285*	(0.118)
Partner working hours	− 0.010**	(0.002)	0.006**	(0.002)	− 0.010**	(0.002)
Hiring a housekeeper	0.346**	(0.064)	0.223*	(0.094)	0.438**	(0.084)
Babysitter	0.148+	(0.080)	0.243*	(0.117)	0.011	(0.106)
N. of children	− 0.049*	(0.019)	− 0.016	(0.026)	− 0.031	(0.026)
Traditional family norms	− 0.010**	(0.003)	− 0.011*	(0.004)	− 0.014**	(0.004)
Constant	− 0.528**	(0.151)	0.123	(0.225)	− 0.332	(0.204)
Observations	4835		2449		2386
R-squared	0.086		0.054		0.113

**p < 0.01, *p < 0.05, ⁺p < 0.1