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ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2024

Impact of parental leave system on the childbirth plan among working married women: a three-year follow-up study of the Korean longitudinal survey of women and families.

Yun Hwa Jung, Yun Seo Jang, Eun-Cheol Park

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Article in BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yun Hwa JungDepartment of Public Health, Graduate School, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Yun Seo JangDepartment of Public Health, Graduate School, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Eun-Cheol ParkInstitute of Health Services Research, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. ECPARK@yuhs.ac.
Yonsei University · KRYonsei University Health System · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe Korean government seeks to balance work and family and alleviate low fertility by implementing a parental leave system. This study aimed to identify the impact of the parental leave system on childbirth among married working women in South Korea.

methodsThis study used three-year follow-up data from the Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and Families (2016, 2018, and 2020). The number of participants was 324 at baseline. Logistic regressions using a generalized estimating equation model were performed to examine the impact of parental leave on childbirth. Sub-analyses of covariates, childbirth support, and parental leave systems were conducted.

resultsOf workers covered by the parental leave system, 31.7% considered childbirth. Women covered by parental leave were 3.63 times more likely to plan childbirth (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.32-9.99). The tendency to plan childbirth was pronounced among those in their early 30s (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 7.20) and those who thought that having children was necessary (AOR, 4.30). Child planning was more influenced by leave support (AOR, 6.61) than subsidies.

conclusionsParental leave systems can have a positive impact on working married women's childbirth plans. Although this system was effective in a group interested in childbirth, it did not create a fundamental child plan. Time support is more important than money concerning childbirth plans. The parental leave system had an impact on childbirth plan. Appropriate parenting policies can effectively increase the fertility rate.

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Parental LeaveWomen, WorkingChildFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansLongitudinal StudiesPregnancySurveys and QuestionnairesLongitudinal studiesOccupational groupsParental leaveParturitionWomen

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PMCPMC10832238
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