子育て期における妻の家庭責任意識と夫の育児・家事参加

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This study examines how the responsibilities of maternal gatekeeping of married women in Japan, in particular regarding childcare and housework, affect their husbands' participation in these areas. Furthermore, it examines which factors influence women's maternal gatekeeping. This study focuses on 682 married women with a youngest child under 12 years old, using data from the Survey of Nuclear Families in Japan (1999). The results show that, firstly, besides women's responsibilities of maternal gatekeeping, their engagement in childcare and housework decreases their husbands' participation in these areas. In addition, women's engagement in childcare and housework increases if they have less income as relative resources. Secondly, the factors influencing women's responsibilities of maternal gatekeeping are higher educational levels and employment. I conclude that women's responsibilities of maternal gatekeeping, as constructed in society, are important negative predictors of their husbands' involvement in childcare and housework. I propose to research not only factors about men, but also factors about their wives, regarding men's participation in childcare and housework.