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abstract: 'The Italian welfare state is characterised by a preference for income
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transfers over transfers in kind and the marginal role of policies aimed
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directly at supporting the family. Despite the growing participation of
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women in the labour market, the Italian welfare system still assumes the
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family, with its unbalanced gender division of housework and its
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intergenerational solidarity, to be the primary provider of protection
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and support. As a result, in Italy in 2019 only 26.9\% of children under
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3 years of age were enrolled in formal childcare, which is below the
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European average. In this context, births from at least one foreign
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parent had increased over time, and foreign national children accounted
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for 14.0\% of all children aged 0-3 in 2019. Despite this, migrants are
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still seen as `suppliers'' rather than citizens who, as parents, are
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potential consumers of childcare services. Aspects related to the use of
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childcare by migrants and differences compared to natives in Italy are
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currently understudied. We use the 2012 Birth Sample Survey by the
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Italian National Institute of Statistics to fill this gap. Mothers were
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interviewed about 18-21 months after having given birth: information on
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sociodemographic characteristics of both parents was collected,
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including their use of childcare services, their reasons for not using
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them, their unmet need for childcare services, and the lack of access to
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the job market due to care work. Our study aims to understand childcare
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patterns among migrants and the differences between them and those of
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the native-born population. We found that Italian mothers use informal
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care more than migrants. Unlike the evidence from other international
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studies, our results show that migrant mothers use daycare for children
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aged 0-3 more than native-born mothers. However, we found that the
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migrants who had arrived as children show patterns more similar to
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natives. This finding might be associated with a better knowledge of the
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system and a more extensive network (including grandparents) in Italy.
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Similarly, we found that migrant mothers who co-parent with an Italian
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father use more informal care and experience lower logistical barriers
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to accessing daycare. In addition, we observed that obstacles to
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children''s enrolment resulting in an unmet need for daycare are also
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related to migrant background.'
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affiliation: 'Mussino, E (Corresponding Author), Stockholm Univ, Sociol Inst, Demog
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Avdelningen, Demog Unit SUDA, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Mussino, Eleonora, Stockholm Univ, Sociol Inst, Demog Avdelningen, Demog Unit SUDA,
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S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Ortensi, Livia Elisa, Univ Bologna, Dept Stat Sci Paolo Fortunati Alma Mater Studiorum,
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Via Belle Arti 41, Bologna, Italy.'
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article-number: '16'
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author: Mussino, Eleonora and Ortensi, Livia Elisa
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author-email: eleonora.mussino@sociology.su.se
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author_list:
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- family: Mussino
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given: Eleonora
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- family: Ortensi
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given: Livia Elisa
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1186/s41118-023-00197-7
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eissn: 2035-5556
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files: []
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journal: GENUS
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keywords: Informal childcare; Daycare; Italy; Migrants
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keywords-plus: 'IMMIGRANT WOMEN; SCHOOL READINESS; EDUCATION; WORK; MOTHERS; FAMILY;
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PARTICIPATION; EMPLOYMENT; PRESCHOOL; PREDICTORS'
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language: English
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month: JUN 19
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number: '1'
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number-of-cited-references: '88'
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orcid-numbers: Mussino, Eleonora/0000-0002-5311-4277
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papis_id: 1c3635b2b7509076a3b8a664ee72b7db
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ref: Mussino2023childcareitaly
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times-cited: '0'
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title: 'Childcare in Italy among migrants and natives: who uses which type and why?'
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type: Article
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unique-id: WOS:001008667000001
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '1'
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volume: '79'
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web-of-science-categories: Demography
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year: '2023'
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