Fathers matter: Intrahousehold responsibilities and children's wellbeing during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy.

ABSTRACT: The lockdown imposed during the spring of 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic upset families lives, in addition to the health consequences of the virus, forcing parents to completely reorganize their labor, domestic work and childcare time. At the same time, school closures forced children to rearrange their lives and learning processes: in Italy, schools and nurseries were closed for four months, and the incidence and quality of distance learning activities was heterogeneous across education levels and among schools. Using real-time survey data on families with under-16 children collected in April 2020, which include information on parents' market and household work, and their perception of their children's wellbeing, we estimate how the lockdown has affected children's use of time,

SUBMITTER: Mangiavacchi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9760207 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature