Two sides of a coin: The relationship between work autonomy and childbearing

IF 2.7 1区 社会学 Q1 FAMILY STUDIES
Beata Osiewalska, Anna Matysiak
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Abstract

Objective

This article investigates the under-researched role of work autonomy, encompassing the control over how, when and where to work, for both the entry into parenthood and the transition to a second child across different social strata in the United Kingdom.

Background

Over the past three decades, employees have gained increased work autonomy, a trend expected to persist with technological advancements. Work autonomy substantially affects the combination of paid work and family life. But its multifaceted impact on workers' fertility behavior, especially across different educational levels, has remained unclear.

Method

The study employs a sample of partnered women and men from UKHLS 2009–2019 data. Latent Class Analysis incorporates the three dimensions: job, schedule, and workplace controls to identify distinct patterns of work autonomy, which serve as key explanatory variables in event-history models for first and second-birth risks.

Results

We find no relationship between work autonomy and fertility behavior for men. For highly educated women, work autonomy is negatively related to the transition to motherhood, but positively associated with the risk of having a second child. For less educated women, the relationship between work autonomy and childbearing ranges from negative to non-significant, depending on the specific dimension of autonomy.

Conclusion

The study highlights the intricate link between work autonomy and fertility and emphasizes important social stratification in the impact of autonomy on individuals. Further research is needed to unravel the observed duality, that is, understanding the challenges posed by work autonomy for fertility, especially among childless women and those less educated.

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一枚硬币的两面:工作自主权和生育之间的关系
本文调查了工作自主性的研究不足的作用,包括对如何,何时和何地工作的控制,无论是进入父母和过渡到第二个孩子在英国不同的社会阶层。在过去的三十年里,员工获得了越来越多的工作自主权,这一趋势预计将随着技术的进步而持续下去。工作自主性在很大程度上影响了有偿工作和家庭生活的结合。但它对工人生育行为的多方面影响,尤其是不同教育水平的工人,目前仍不清楚。方法本研究采用英国健康调查系统2009-2019年数据中有伴侣的女性和男性样本。潜在类分析结合了三个维度:工作、时间表和工作场所控制,以识别工作自主的不同模式,这些模式作为第一胎和第二胎风险的事件历史模型中的关键解释变量。结果工作自主性与男性生育行为之间无明显关系。对于受过高等教育的女性来说,工作自主权与向母亲的转变呈负相关,但与生二胎的风险呈正相关。对于受教育程度较低的女性,工作自主性与生育之间的关系从负向到不显著,具体取决于自主性的具体维度。本研究强调了工作自主性与生育能力之间的复杂联系,并强调了自主性对个人影响的重要社会分层。需要进一步的研究来解开观察到的二元性,即理解工作自主对生育,特别是对无子女妇女和受教育程度较低的妇女所构成的挑战。
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CiteScore
12.20
自引率
6.70%
发文量
81
期刊介绍: For more than 70 years, Journal of Marriage and Family (JMF) has been a leading research journal in the family field. JMF features original research and theory, research interpretation and reviews, and critical discussion concerning all aspects of marriage, other forms of close relationships, and families.In 2009, an institutional subscription to Journal of Marriage and Family includes a subscription to Family Relations and Journal of Family Theory & Review.
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