Breadwinning as care? The meaning of paid work in mothers’ and fathers’ constructions of parenting

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Table 1. Sample characteristics.

Interviewee pseudonyms		Family status	Employment			Parental leave (in months)
			During pregnancy wave 1	Six months after birth wave 2	Two years after birth wave 3
1	Tina	Cohabiting	Full-time	Parental leave	Full-time	12, full-time
	Tom		Full-time	Full-time	Full-time	6, full-time 2, part-time
2	Rita	Cohabiting	Temporary full-time	Parental leave	Contractor of work and services (max. 20 h)	20, full-time
	Robert		Full-time	Full-time	Full-time	0
3	Bianca	Separated	Full-time	Parental leave	Full-time	8, full-time
	Bob		Full-time	Full-time	Full-time	8, full-time
4	Anna	Married	Full-time	Parental leave	Part-time (30 h)	20, full-time
	Alex		Full-time, graduating from high school	Full-time	Full-time	0, full-time
5	Olivia	Married	Full-time	Parental leave	Parental leave	22, full-time
	Otto		Full-time	Full-time	Full-time	2, full-time
6	Maria	Married	Self-employment (full-time)	Marginally self-employed	Vocational training	Not entitled
	Max		Full-time	Full-time	Full-time	2, full-time
7	Dana	Married	Full-time	Parental leave	Part-time (20 h)	12, full-time
	David		Full-time	Full-time	Full-time	6, full-time
8	Linda	Married	Unemployed	Unemployed	Part-time (18 h)	Not entitled
	Lucas		Unemployed	Full-time	Full-time	Not entitled
9	Julia	Married	Full-time	Parental leave	Marginally employed (10 h)	14, full-time
	Jim		Independent contractor, bachelor’s programme	Full-time, master’s programme	Full-time	0
10	Emma	Cohabiting	Full-time	Parental leave working half day/week	Part-time (32 h)	5, full-time 7, part-time
	Emil		Full-time	Full-time	Full-time	2, full-time
11	Claudia	Married	Vocational training	Vocational training	Part-time (20 h)	0
	Chris		Full-time	Parental leave working 1 day/weekends	Full-time	18, full-time