英文摘要 |
"Parental leave can improve work-family balance and the quality of parental involvement. However, there are few studies on parental leave use in Taiwan, and studies on fathers' are even scarcer. This study aims to examine the relationship between family backgrounds and newborn's parents' parental leave use, the relationship between parents' parental leave use and their parental involvement, and to discuss the differences between fathers and mothers. This study used data from Kids in Taiwan: National Longitudinal Study of Child Development and Care (KIT). A total of 6,423 married parents with newborn babies were included in the analysis. The Chi-square test was used to analyze the independence between parental leave use and parental education and occupation. Then, the Mann-Whitney U Test was used to analyze whether there were differences in parental involvement scores between those who took parental leave and those who did not. The results showed that (1) 25.46% of the newborns' mothers took parental leave, and only 1.68% of the newborns' fathers took parental leave; (2) newborns' fathers' parental leave use was significantly related to their occupation; (3) newborns' mothers' parental leave use was significantly related to their education and occupation; (4) parents' parental leave use was not related to the educational and occupational differences between spouses; (5) newborns' fathers who took parental leave had higher parental involvement than those who did not, although the difference was not statistically significant; yet their spouses had significantly low parental involvement; and (6) newborns' mothers who took parental leave had significantly higher parental involvement than those who did not. The policy of parental leave improves parental involvement, but newborns' parents' decision on taking parental leave depends on factors such as occupational types and the economic situation of the family." |