title: Time use in child care and housework and the total cost of children.
abstract: "The use of time for child care and housework among Swedish families is investigated.  We allow the effect of children on child care and housework to vary by age of the child and also by whether the child is cared for outside the home or not.  Our estimates allow us to compute the total cost of children in the form of the cost of time, and the cost of goods, services and housing.  The result shows that time used for child care decreases sharply with the age of the child but this is not the case for time used for other housework."
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001519:Behavior; D002648:Child; D002654:Child Care; D002668:Child Rearing; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D005060:Europe; D005191:Family Characteristics; D006796:Household Work; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries; D013548:Sweden; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Age Factors; Behavior; Child Care; Child Rearing; Child--cost; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Europe; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Housework; Microeconomic Factors; Northern Europe; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Scandinavia; Sweden; Time Factors; Youth