Who brings home the bacon? The influence of context on partners' contributions to the household income

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• dc.contributor.author Vitali, Agnese
• dc.contributor.author Arpino, Bruno
• dc.date.accessioned 2025-01-21T07:28:18Z
• dc.date.available 2025-01-21T07:28:18Z
• dc.date.issued 2016
• dc.description.abstract Background: Female-breadwinner families represent a relatively new phenomenon in Europe. Little is known about the determinants of this couple type, which sensibly diverts from the traditional economic superiority of men within the household. Objective: This paper studies the contextual correlates of partners’ contribution to the household income, distinguishing between female-breadwinner, male-breadwinner, and equal-income couples. In particular, it focuses on the role of male unemployment rate and the prevalence of gender-egalitarian attitudes as possible explanations for the emergence of female-breadwinner and equal-income couples across European regions and countries. Methods: Using data from the fifth round (2010/2011) of the European Social Survey, integrated with data from the Eurostat database, we model the categorical variable identifying the couple type (male-breadwinner, female-breadwinner, or equal-income couple) by using a multilevel multinomial logistic regression model where individuals are nested within regions and countries. Results: The prevalence of female-breadwinner, male-breadwinner, and equal-income couples varies considerably across European countries as well as within countries. The prevalence of female-breadwinner couples is positively associated with male unemployment, while it is not influenced by the diffusion of gender-egalitarian attitudes. However, the diffusion of gender-egalitarian attitudes matters for explaining the variation in the prevalence of equal-income couples across Europe. Contribution: We add to the literature on partners’ contributions to household income by analysing the spatial distribution and the contextual correlates of female-breadwinner, male-breadwinner, and equal-income couples across European countries and regions.en
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• dc.identifier.citation Vitali A, Arpino B. Who brings home the bacon? The influence of context on partners' contributions to the household income. Demogr Res. 2016 Oct 26;35:1213-44. DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2016.35.41
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2016.35.41
• dc.identifier.issn 1435-9871
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/69202
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
• dc.relation.ispartof Demographic Research. 2016 Oct 26;35:1213-44
• dc.rights © 2016 Agnese Vitali & Bruno Arpino. This open-access work is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial License 2.0 Germany, which permits use, reproduction & distribution in any medium for non-commercial purposes, provided the original author(s) and source are given credit. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/de/.
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• dc.subject.keyword European social surveyen
• dc.subject.keyword Female-breadwinner couplesen
• dc.subject.keyword Gender equalityen
• dc.subject.keyword Male unemploymenten
• dc.title Who brings home the bacon? The influence of context on partners' contributions to the household incomeen
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