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Predictors of Maternity and Paternity Leave: More than Access to Paid Leave?

Berrigan, Miranda N
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1543252374907467

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2018, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Human Ecology: Human Development and Family Science.
Using structural equation modeling, this study examines the financial (i.e., paid leave, annual household income), individual characteristics (i.e., expected parenting self-efficacy) and couples level characteristics (i.e., marital status) that predict the length of maternity and paternity leave in a community sample of 130 couples who were followed across their transition to parenthood in 2008-2009. Results indicate that the length of maternity and paternity leave are multiply determined by both financial measures and individual and couples level characteristics. Situated in identity theory, gender attitudes and role importance seem less influential in the current study compared to previous findings, but paid leave, annual household income, maternal high parenting expectations, pregnancy plannedness, job satisfaction, and parenting self-efficacy explain 20% of the variance in maternity leave and 30% of the variance in paternity leave.
Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan (Advisor)
Claire Kamp Dush (Advisor)
46 p.
Families and Family Life
maternity leave; paternity leave; paid leave

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  • Berrigan, M. N. (2018). Predictors of Maternity and Paternity Leave: More than Access to Paid Leave? [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1543252374907467

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Berrigan, Miranda. Predictors of Maternity and Paternity Leave: More than Access to Paid Leave? 2018. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1543252374907467.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Berrigan, Miranda. "Predictors of Maternity and Paternity Leave: More than Access to Paid Leave?" Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1543252374907467

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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