Parental roles in child transport: Examining gender and municipality size in a post-socialist context

dc.contributor.authorRišová, Katarína
dc.contributor.authorChorvát, Ivan
dc.date.accessioned2026-10-26T09:08:12Z
dc.date.available2026-10-26T09:08:12Z
dc.date.issued2026
dc.descriptionIn: Geographia Polonica. Varšava : Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization. Polish Academy of Sciences, 2026. ISSN 0016-7282. Vol. 99, no. 2 (2026), pp. 237-254.
dc.description.abstractLarge cities are generally considered more liberal than small settlements regarding parental gender division of childcare. We questioned this paradigm in a post-socialist environment where working mothers of preschoolers are perceived as the norm. The study aims to examine the gender differences among parents when transporting children to preschool, car-sharing within a household, and whether they vary across municipality size categories in Slovakia. The data were collected during the nationally representative survey via face-to-face personal enquiries in households of heterosexual cohabiting parents (n = 844). Results showed that car-sharing within households did not depend on the municipality size category; however, it depended on the number of cars in a household. In families with only one car, the car was mostly used by the father. In all municipality size categories, mothers were primarily responsible for bringing children in and picking them up from kindergarten. Yet, the proportion of responsible persons varied significantly across municipality size categories. The fathers’ involvement in accompanying children was the lowest in the smallest municipalities. On one hand, mothers in medium-sized municipalities (10,000–19,999 inhabitants) faced the least burden due to the combination of fathers’ involvement and help from other relatives. On the other hand, help from other relatives was absent in the largest cities, where mothers accompanied their children to a similar extent as in the smallest settlements. The progressive values of parents in the largest cities are not sufficient to relieve mothers of parental responsibilities.
dc.description.sponsorshipVEGA 2/0008/24 Sociálne a priestorové aspekty dopravného vylúčenia na Slovensku APVV-21-0286 Jasle a škôlky pre každého? Predškolské vzdelávanie na Slovensku z aspektu priestorovej dostupnosti a sociálnej spravodlivosti
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.7163/GPol.0325
dc.identifier.issn0016-7282
dc.identifier.issn2300-7362
dc.identifier.urihttps://repo.umb.sk/handle/123456789/1662
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInstitute of Geography and Spatial Organization. Polish Academy of Sciences : Varšava
dc.rightsCC BY Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. International
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectpostsocialistické obdobie
dc.subjectpostsocialistické krajiny
dc.subjectštáty postsocialistické
dc.subjectpredškolské zariadenia
dc.subjectpreschool facilities
dc.subjectrodičovská rola
dc.subjectmedziregionálne rozdiely
dc.subjectvidiek
dc.subjectcountryside
dc.subjectmesto a vidiek
dc.titleParental roles in child transport: Examining gender and municipality size in a post-socialist context
dc.typeArticle
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article

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