Gender disparity in parenting is prominent in contemporary heterosexual families. However,
investigations into multi-dimensional factors shaping the disparity in China are limited …

Background Understanding the regional differences in child care is critical as the gendered
division of child care in the family remains unequal between husbands and wives in China …

The ideals of paternal involvement in childcare have become evermore celebrated in Hong
Kong and elsewhere, but are these signs of a new form of gender equality in the family …

Gender inequality in the division of childcare between parents has long been a focal topic in
the field of family and marriage research. Drawing on Chinese Childbearing and Parenting …

The norm in which wives usually undertake a greater share of household labor than their
husbands in China is deeply rooted in the fact that historically, women were of a much lower …

ABSTRACT a In China's multigenerational society, parents fulfill essential family functions
including housework critical site of gender inequality with important consequences …

This article explores the relationship between gender and income inequality within and
across households in an urban Chinese sample by looking at survey data from 381 married …

Government's responsibility for child care has been strengthened since 2013 by 'the free
child care policy'. At this backdrop, this study, with an analysis of child-rearing conditions …

This article investigates how children actively influence the division of childcare between
couples in intact families in Hong Kong. Past studies that draw on West and Zimmerman's …

Research documents that the gender gap in housework is substantially larger among
parents compared to couples without children. Because most evidence is from developed …