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Parental Caregiving and Employment among Midlife Women in Japan
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Abstract In this paper, we examine how parental caregiving affects women’s employment in Japan. Drawing on the 2005–2014 Longitudinal Survey of Middle-Aged and Elderly Persons, we estimate logistic regression models for the employment status of middle-aged women in various types of employment as a function o... view more
In this paper, we examine how parental caregiving affects women’s employment in Japan. Drawing on the 2005–2014 Longitudinal Survey of Middle-Aged and Elderly Persons, we estimate logistic regression models for the employment status of middle-aged women in various types of employment as a function of caregiving intensity to examine when and in what context caregivers’ employment may be at risk for Japanese women. The results showed that working women who began providing 5 or more hours of care per week were significantly more likely to leave their jobs than non-caregiving women; those who began providing fewer than 5 hours of care per week did not show this likelihood. Among women in regular employment, those who began to provide 5 or more hours of care per week and those who provided care in the previous year were more likely to stop working or change jobs than their non-caregiving counterparts.... view less
Keywords
parenthood; care; child care; employment; women's employment; labor market; working woman; woman; Japan
Classification
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Family Sociology, Sociology of Sexual Behavior
Labor Market Research
Free Keywords
parental caregiving; middle-aged women; ZA4350: International Social Survey Programme: Work Orientations III - ISSP 2005
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 107-118
Journal
Research on Aging, 43 (2021) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/0164027520941198
ISSN
1552-7573
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed