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Evidence of Exacerbated Gender Inequality in Child Care Obligations in Canada and Australia during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
- Source :
- Politics & Gender; Dec2020, Vol. 16 Issue 4, p1131-1141, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Households in Canada and Australia have exhibited similar trends in the gendered allocation of additional child care responsibilities resulting from policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this article, we employ survey data to analyze the extent to which policy interventions related to COVID-19 have exacerbated gender disparities in child care obligations. We find that existing asymmetrical distributions of child care obligations in Canada and Australia have been amplified during the pandemic, resulting in a disproportionate burden on women. During the pandemic we also find that, in households with children, women tend to report experiencing poorer mental health than men. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1743923X
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Politics & Gender
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 147855095
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743923X20000574