2020 Volume 18 Issue 1 Pages 17-24
In Japan, the rate of which men take “childcare leave” is 8 %, which is remarkably low compared with the one by women (87 %). When “paid vacation”, “maternity leave”, etc. are included, the rate of its men’s taking rises to 37 %. This indicates that it is necessary to examine the male taking another peripheral systems in addition to “childcare leave”, in order to understand the actual situations and promotional/inhibitory factors of male general childcare participation. In this study, we use the concept, “Kosodate childcare leave”, which integrates childcare leave, paid vacation, maternity leave and so on. Then as determinants of these leaves taking by men, we examined the effects of workplace, home and individual factors, using the data of the national social survey. The logistic regression analysis revealed that taking “Kosodate childcare leave” was related with not only environments at work but also at home, as well as their characters. Especially the work environments and personal motivation have the strong effects on taking “Kosodate childcare leave” by men. Based on these results, we discussed the issues of male childcare participation in Japan.
