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What Do Migrants Know About Their Childcare Rights? A First Exploration in West Germany
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Abstract Although an increasing number of studies emphasise migrants' lack of knowledge about their childcare rights as a crucial barrier to their childcare usage, almost none examines the conditions under which migrant families acquire this knowledge. This study contributes to the literature by exploring po... view more
Although an increasing number of studies emphasise migrants' lack of knowledge about their childcare rights as a crucial barrier to their childcare usage, almost none examines the conditions under which migrant families acquire this knowledge. This study contributes to the literature by exploring potential individual factors determining migrant families’ knowledge about their childcare rights in Germany. I use unique data collected through the project Migrants’ Welfare State Attitudes (MIFARE), in which nine different migrant groups in Germany were surveyed about their relation to the welfare state, including childcare. Analysing a total sample of 623 migrants living with children in their household and by using logistic regression analyses, I find that human and social capital play significant roles in explaining migrants' knowledge about their childcare rights. Migrants who speak the host language sufficiently are more likely to know about their childcare rights; however, it does not matter whether migrants are lower or higher educated. Moreover, I observe that migrants benefit from their co-ethnic relations only if childcare usage is high among their ethnic group. Based on these results, policy recommendations are discussed in order to increase migrants’ knowledge about their childcare rights in Germany.... view less
Keywords
ISSP; Federal Republic of Germany; child care; legal factors; migrant; old federal states; human capital; social capital; network
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Family Policy, Youth Policy, Policy on the Elderly
Free Keywords
ISSP2012; network effects
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 1181-1202
Journal
Journal of international migration and integration, 22 (2021) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-020-00791-0
ISSN
1488-3473
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed