scholarly journals Finnish Mothers’ Assessments of the Harmfulness of Childcare at Home on Occupational Careers: A Comparison of Twelve European Countries

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 1140-1161
Author(s):  
Sirpa Weckström
Keyword(s):  
European Countries ◽  
At Home

Cash for Childcare as a Policy Instrument – advantages and limitations

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-97
Author(s):  
Jorma Sipilä
Keyword(s):  
Financial Support ◽  
Policy Instrument ◽  
European Countries ◽  
At Home

The presented article is an attempt to draw attention to the economiccontexts of the functioning of families in Europe. The author presentsvarious types of financial support for families using the examples fromselected European countries. The idea of paying the mother for lookingafter her children at home is analysed in detail.

Women’s working hours

2015 ◽  
Vol 35 (9/10) ◽  
pp. 582-599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wouter Andringa ◽  
Rense Nieuwenhuis ◽  
Minna Van Gerven
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Gender Role ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Gender Role Attitudes ◽  
Household Composition ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Gender Traditionalism ◽  
Egalitarian Attitudes ◽  
At Home

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show how the interplay between individual women’s gender role attitudes, having young children at home, as well as the country-context characterized by gender egalitarianism and public childcare support, relates to women’s working hours in 23 European countries. Design/methodology/approach – This study presents results of multilevel regression analyses of data from the European Social Survey (Round 2). These micro-level data on 23 European countries were combined with country-level measures on gender traditionalism and childcare expenditure. Findings – The authors found that the negative association between having young children at home and women’s working hours is stronger for women with traditional gender role attitudes compared to women with egalitarian attitudes. The gap in working hours between women with and without young children at home was smaller in countries in which the population holds egalitarian gender role attitudes and in countries with extensive public childcare support. Furthermore, it was found that the gap in employment hours between mothers with traditional or egalitarian attitudes was largest in countries with limited public childcare support. Social implications – Policy makers should take note that women’s employment decisions are not dependent on human capital and household-composition factors alone, but that gender role attitudes matter as well. The authors could not find evidence of the inequality in employment between women with different gender role attitudes being exacerbated in association with childcare support. Originality/value – The originality of this study lies in the combined (rather than separate) analysis of how countries’ social policies (childcare services) and countries’ attitudes (gender traditionalism) interact with individual gender role attitudes to shape cross-national variation in women’s working hours.

scholarly journals Eating out is different from eating at home among individuals who occasionally eat out. A cross-sectional study among middle-aged adults from eleven European countries

2015 ◽  
Vol 113 (12) ◽  
pp. 1951-1964 ◽  
Author(s):  
Androniki Naska ◽  
Michail Katsoulis ◽  
Philippos Orfanos ◽  
Carl Lachat ◽  
Kurt Gedrich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Intake ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Small Contribution ◽  
Bakery Products ◽  
Dietary Intakes ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Obesity Epidemic ◽  
Eating Out ◽  
At Home

Eating out has been linked to the current obesity epidemic, but the evaluation of the extent to which out of home (OH) dietary intakes are different from those at home (AH) is limited. Data collected among 8849 men and 14 277 women aged 35–64 years from the general population of eleven European countries through 24-h dietary recalls or food diaries were analysed to: (1) compare food consumption OH to those AH; (2) describe the characteristics of substantial OH eaters, defined as those who consumed 25 % or more of their total daily energy intake at OH locations. Logistic regression models were fit to identify personal characteristics associated with eating out. In both sexes, beverages, sugar, desserts, sweet and savoury bakery products were consumed more OH than AH. In some countries, men reported higher intakes of fish OH than AH. Overall, substantial OH eating was more common among men, the younger and the more educated participants, but was weakly associated with total energy intake. The substantial OH eaters reported similar dietary intakes OH and AH. Individuals who were not identified as substantial OH eaters reported consuming proportionally higher quantities of sweet and savoury bakery products, soft drinks, juices and other non-alcoholic beverages OH than AH. The OH intakes were different from the AH ones, only among individuals who reported a relatively small contribution of OH eating to their daily intakes and this may partly explain the inconsistent findings relating eating out to the current obesity epidemic.

Deaths of children occurring at home in six European countries

2010 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 375-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Pousset ◽  
J. Bilsen ◽  
J. Cohen ◽  
J. Addington-Hall ◽  
G. Miccinesi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
European Countries ◽  
At Home

scholarly journals Associated factors of suicidal ideation among older persons with dementia living at home in eight European countries

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Cecilia Holmstrand ◽  
Ingalill Rahm Hallberg ◽  
Kai Saks ◽  
Helena Leino-Kilpi ◽  
Anna Renom Guiteras ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
European Countries ◽  
At Home

scholarly journals From job crafting to home crafting: A daily diary study among six European countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 73 (7) ◽  
pp. 1010-1035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evangelia Demerouti ◽  
Rebecca Hewett ◽  
Verena Haun ◽  
Sara De Gieter ◽  
Alma Rodríguez-Sánchez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Service Sector ◽  
Daily Diary ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Job Crafting ◽  
Diary Study ◽  
Work Experiences ◽  
Daily Diary Study ◽  
High Workload ◽  
At Home

The actions that individuals take to proactively craft their jobs are important to help create more meaningful and personally enriching work experiences. But do these proactive behaviors have implications beyond working life? Inspired by the suggestion that individuals aim for a meaningful life we examine whether on days when individuals craft their jobs, they are more likely to craft non-work activities. It also seems likely that characteristics of the home environment moderate these cross-domain relationships. We suggest that crafting crosses domains particularly when individuals gain resources through high autonomy and high workload at home. We partly supported our model through a daily diary study, in which 139 service sector employees from six European countries (Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, UK) reported their experiences twice a day for five consecutive workdays. Home autonomy and home workload strengthened the positive relationship between seeking resources at work and at home. Moreover, home autonomy strengthened the positive association between seeking challenges at work and at home, and the negative relation between reducing demands at work and at home. These findings suggest that the beneficial implications of job crafting transcend life boundaries thereby providing advice for how individuals can experience greater meaning in their lives.

scholarly journals Comparing Behavioural Problems in Imported Street Dogs and Domestically Reared Danish Dogs—The Views of Dog Owners and Veterinarians

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1436
Author(s):  
Natascha Munkeboe ◽  
Amalie Lohse-Lind ◽  
Peter Sandøe ◽  
Björn Forkman ◽  
Søren Saxmose Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
Companion Animals ◽  
Small Animal ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Behavioural Problems ◽  
Veterinary Clinic ◽  
Dog Owners ◽  
At Home

Street dogs are common in southern and eastern parts of Europe. They are often adopted by people living in North European countries, including Denmark. However, these dogs may experience difficulties adjusting to their new life as companion animals, and this may in turn lead to behavioural problems and complications for owners. The objective of this study was therefore to investigate whether former street (FS) dogs display a higher degree of behavioural problems than dogs reared in Denmark (RD). Two questionnaires were developed. One was distributed to Danish dog owners and resulted in 3020 useful answers. FS dogs were found to display 9 of the 45 listed behaviours more often than RD dogs. All of these behaviours were related to fear, aggression and stress. The second questionnaire was distributed to Danish veterinarians working in small animal practices and resulted in 173 useful answers. The most commonly reported behavioural problems were fear of humans, stress and problems when the dog was left at home alone. The extent of the behavioural problems reported by the veterinarians was much greater than that reported by the dog owners which, at least partly, may be due to fear-induced reactions of the dogs when handled at the veterinary clinic.

scholarly journals Defamilialisation Policies and Attitudes and Behaviour Among Mothers in Twelve European Countries. Do results for Denmark, Finland and Sweden differ from the others?

2014 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. 5-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sirpa Weckström
Keyword(s):  
European Social Survey ◽  
Nordic Countries ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Monetary Incentives ◽  
Paid Work ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Childcare Policy ◽  
At Home

Diverse family leave and day care policies create varying monetary incentives for mothers to stay at home with their children. They also affect attitudes of mothers and this should influence childcare decisions. In this study, attitudes of mothers towards cutting down on paid work for the sake of family as well as their behaviour regarding childcare at home were studied in 12 European countries. Of special interest were Denmark, Finland and Sweden, three Nordic countries with a long tradition of childcare policies supporting mothers’ work participation. The data is based on the European Social Survey (ESS) Round 2, conducted in 2004 and 2005. The least familialistic attitudes were found in Sweden, Denmark and Finland. A coarse indicator for the effectiveness of childcare policy was devised and indicated that attitudes correlated with the policies in several countries. No correspondence was found between attitudes and average times spent with children at home. Regarding the Nordic countries (particularly Sweden and Finland), the contradictions observed were consistent with childcare policies that affect short- and long-term behaviour in opposite directions. In Finland, a familialistic attitude was relatively common among mothers whose youngest child was under 1-year-old.

Which Patients With Cancer Die at Home? A Study of Six European Countries Using Death Certificate Data

2010 ◽  
Vol 28 (13) ◽  
pp. 2267-2273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joachim Cohen ◽  
Dirk Houttekier ◽  
Bregje Onwuteaka-Philipsen ◽  
Guido Miccinesi ◽  
Julia Addington-Hall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Death Certificate ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Patients With Cancer ◽  
Death Certificate Data ◽  
Dying At Home ◽  
Country Specific ◽  
At Home

Purpose This study examines the proportion of cancer deaths occurring at home in six European countries in relation to illness and to demographic and health care factors. Methods Death certificate data of all cancer-related deaths in 2002 in Italy and 2003 in Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, England, and Wales (N = 238,216) were linked with regional health care and area statistics. Multivariate binomial logistic regressions were performed to examine factors associated with dying at home. Results The percentage of all cancer deaths occurring at home was 12.8 in Norway, 22.1 in England, 22.7 in Wales, 27.9 in Belgium, 35.8 in Italy, and 45.4 in the Netherlands. Having solid cancers and being married increased the chances of dying at home in all countries. Being older and being a woman decreased the chances of dying at home, except in Italy where the opposite was the case. A higher educational attainment was associated with better chances of dying at home in Belgium, Italy, and Norway (countries where information on educational attainment was available). Better chances of dying at home were also associated with living in less urbanized areas in all countries but England. The number of hospital and care home beds seemed not to be universally strong predictors of dying at home. Conclusion There are large country differences in the proportion of patients with cancer dying at home, and these seem influenced by country-specific cultural, social, and health care factors. Alongside cross-national differences, country-specific aspects need to be considered in the development of policy strategies facilitating home death.

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