Thursday, April 30 / 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM   •   Sapphire 400

Session 12:
Gender and Time Spent in Child Care

Discussant: Ann Meier, University of Minnesota
Discussant: John Sandberg, George Washington University
Chair: Rachel E. Goldberg, Princeton University

  1. The Growing Educational Gradient in Parental Child Care Time: Mothers and Fathers in 12 Western CountriesGiulia Dotti Sani, Collegio Carlo Alberto ; Judith Treas, University of California, Irvine

  2. The Composition of Grandparents and Parents’ Child Care: Gender and Generational Patterns in Activity, Multitasking and Co-PresenceLyn Craig, University of New South Wales ; Bridget Jenkins, University of New South Wales

  3. Missing Time with Parents: Son Preference among Asians in the United StatesNeeraj Kaushal, Columbia University ; Felix Muchomba, Columbia University

  4. Single Parents, Living Arrangements, and Child Care TimeYoonjoo Lee, University of Maryland ; Sandra Hofferth, University of Maryland

Other sessions on Marriage, Family, Households, and Unions