If you were unemployed, looking for work, or working informally at the time of your most recent child's birth, did you take any time away from looking for work within the first six months to help care for the child?

Parenting

Parental Leave

English wording

Response Options

Yes
No
Wanted To But Was Not Able
Dk/Rf/Na

Countries it was asked in	Year	Language	Who was asked	Gender of who was asked
Croatia	2010	Serbo-croatian	RESPONDENTS WITH STABLE PARTNER OR SPOUSE	men, women
Mexico	2009	Spanish	RESPONDENTS WITH STABLE PARTNER OR SPOUSE	men, women
Palestine	2016	Arabic	RESPONDENTS WITH STABLE PARTNER OR SPOUSE	men, women
Sri Lanka	2013	Singhala Tamil	RESPONDENTS WITH STABLE PARTNER OR SPOUSE	men

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If you were unemployed, looking for work, or working informally at the time of your most recent child’s birth, did you take any time away from looking for work within the first six months to help care for the child?

English wording

Response Options

Related Variables

If you had [maternity] leave, when you were at home with the child, were you mainly?

If you took [paternity] leave, when you were at home with the child, were you mainly?

When you were home with the child, were you mainly alone, together with your partner, together with a nanny or other caregiver or something else?

If your spouse was unemployed, looking for work, or working informally at the time of your most recent child’s birth, did he take any time away from looking for work within the first six months to help care for the child?

If your partner was involved early on, would you say that his time at home with the child led to better contact or relationship with the child later?