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The Consequences of Living in Childcare Deserts: Evidence from Canada

Abstract

Our study addresses whether working parents with young children living in childcare deserts experience greater work-family conflict and psychological distress compared to those in more resourced areas. We use 2011 individual-level data from Toronto matched to census and administrative childcare data. Results suggest that mothers experience greater conflict than fathers when in high-resourced areas. Fathers who work long hours and reside in a …

Authors

Young M; Montazer S; Singh D

Journal

Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 550–578

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

11 2020

DOI

10.1111/cars.12316

ISSN

1755-6171