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abstract: 'Despite being the first country in the world to introduce paternity
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leave in 1978, Finland''s current national leave scheme is complex with
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regard to incentivizing fathers'' take-up. Taking the unique Finnish
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leave scheme as a case example, this article examines fathers''
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motivations and barriers to leave. Although research on fathers'' take-up
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of leave in divergent leave policy contexts has increased dramatically,
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fathers'' motivations and barriers to leave have remained
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underresearched. The article reports on a survey sample of 852 Finnish
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fathers of infants who were taking paternity, parental, and other forms
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of leave, drawn from the Population Register Center. Results show that
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less than 20\% of fathers report taking no leave, with more than 80\%
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taking some form of leave. A multinomial logistic regression analysis
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indicates that father''s work, partner''s education, and family income,
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along with father''s wish to take a break from work and wish to
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facilitate mother''s return to work or studies, are the key
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characteristics and motivations associated with fathers'' take-up of
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leave. The most common barriers to fathers'' take-up of leave were
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related to the family''s economic situation and the father''s job. It is
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suggested that decreasing maternalism in the leave scheme, by extending
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investment in fathers'' individual well-paid leave weeks, will also help
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promote greater gender equality for working parents in Finland following
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the path of Nordic neighbors.'
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affiliation: 'Eerola, P (Corresponding Author), Tampere Univ, Kalevantie 5, Tampere
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33014, Finland.
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Eerola, Petteri, Tampere Univ, Fac Social Sci, Tampere, Finland.
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Eerola, Petteri, UCL, London, England.
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O''Brien, Margaret, UCL, Child \& Family Policy, London, England.
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Eerola, Petteri; O''Brien, Margaret, UCL, Thomas Comm Res Unit, London, England.
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Lammi-Taskula, Johanna; Hietamaki, Johanna, Natl Inst Hlth \& Welf, Helsinki, Finland.
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Raikkonen, Eija, Univ Jyvaskyla, Fac Educ \& Psychol, Jyvaskyla, Finland.'
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article-number: '2158244019885389'
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author: Eerola, Petteri and Lammi-Taskula, Johanna and O'Brien, Margaret and Hietamaki,
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Johanna and Raikkonen, Eija
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author-email: petteri.eerola@tuni.fi
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author_list:
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- family: Eerola
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given: Petteri
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- family: Lammi-Taskula
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given: Johanna
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- family: O'Brien
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given: Margaret
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- family: Hietamaki
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given: Johanna
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- family: Raikkonen
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given: Eija
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1177/2158244019885389
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files: []
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issn: 2158-2440
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journal: SAGE OPEN
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keywords: fatherhood; paternity leave; parental leave; Finland
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keywords-plus: 'PAID PARENTAL LEAVE; GENDER EQUALITY; CARING FATHERS; INVOLVEMENT;
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COUNTRIES; DIVISION; POLICIES; RIGHTS; CARE'
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language: English
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month: OCT
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number: '4'
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number-of-cited-references: '64'
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orcid-numbers: 'Hietamaki, Johanna/0000-0002-0387-223X
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Lammi-Taskula, Johanna/0000-0003-1571-2505
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Eerola, Petteri/0000-0002-9563-5871'
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papis_id: b390e36feae1e07fff8a30706b3232b5
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ref: Eerola2019fathersleave
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researcherid-numbers: 'Hietamäki, Johanna/ACG-9155-2022
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Lammi-Taskula, Johanna/AAJ-8900-2020
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'
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times-cited: '21'
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title: 'Fathers'' Leave Take-Up in Finland: Motivations and Barriers in a Complex
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Nordic Leave Scheme'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000493526500001
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '8'
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volume: '9'
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web-of-science-categories: Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
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year: '2019'
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