Changes in Parents’ Domestic Labor During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Carlson, Daniel L.; Petts, Richard J.; Pepin, Joanna R.

doi:10.31235/osf.io/jy8fn

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“…We explored these questions by asking a representative sample of Hungarians (Inequalities during the Coronavirus in Hungary Survey Research) about the changes in the domestic division of labour, including childcare, in their households in May 2020. In line with the few available preliminary empirical analyses about the effect of COVID on the gender division of childcare work in the US (Carlson et al 2020), Canada (Shafer et al 2020), Australia (Craig and Churchill 2020;Craig 2020) and Israel (Herzberg-Druker et al 2020), we found that in Hungary men, on average, have increased their contributions to at roughly the same rate as women did. However, given that women had been putting in many more hours of childcare work than men before the pandemic, their workload, and especially the workload of highly educated mothers, grew significantly more than men's resulting in a widening of the childcare gender gap after March 2020.…”

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The impact of COVID-19 on the gender division of childcare work in Hungary

Fodor¹,

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As most other EU countries, Hungary implemented severe lockdown measures during the pandemic, including the closure of the schools and childcare facilities. This meant that for several months a vastly increased volume of childcare had to be supplied by individual households without much institutional help. In the end of May 2020, we conducted a representative survey in Hungary to find out how the pandemic affected the gendered division of these childcare duties. We found that on average, in relative terms, men have increased their contributions at roughly the same rate (by 35 percent) as women. But given that women had been doing a lot more childcare work before the pandemic, in absolute terms, women's contributions grew significantly more than men's and the gap between men and women has increased in absolute work hour terms. This was particularly so among a specific group of women: middle class, highly educated citydwellers. Our data suggest that in Hungary the pandemic increased gender inequality the most among the highest educated.

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The impact of COVID-19 on the gender division of childcare work in Hungary

Fodor¹,

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“…Early research by Carlson, Petts, and Pepin (2020) of parents in the United States indicates that COVID‐19 is both exacerbating and reducing gender inequalities in the domestic division of labor among heterosexual couples with children. As with before the pandemic, mothers are holding primary responsibility for housework and childcare in most families during this time.…”

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Gender Equity Considerations for Tenure and Promotion during COVID‐19

Oleschuk

2020

Canadian Review of Sociology

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“…Due to social norms and the structure of the workforce, COVID-19 has created an additional burden for women to care for and homeschool their children (UN 2020). Carlson et al (2020) surveyed 1,060 US parents living with a partner of a different sex in April 2020 and found that 50% of families reported that homeschooling was the responsibility of mothers. Meanwhile, 12% reported that it was the responsibility of fathers, 28% reported that both parents were responsible, and 10% reported that they relied on other sources for homeschooling.…”

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