초산 당시 아버지의 직장 특성과 둘째 출산의 관계: 복리후생제도와 직무만족도를 중심으로

Abstract

This study examines the relationship between fathers’ workplace characteristics at the time of their first child’s birth and the decision to have a second child within two years thereafter. Employing Bronfenbrenner’s PPCT (Process-Person-Context-Time) model, we classified fathers’ job characteristics into family-friendly job policies, a “context” factor, and job satisfaction as a “process” factor. We pooled data from the Korean Labor and Income Panel Study, utilizing a sample of 919 employed fathers whose first child was born between 2001 and 2019. After adjusting for the year of first childbirth, our logistic regression analysis revealed that fathers who reported higher satisfaction with their working environment during their first child’s birth were more likely to have a second child within two years. We further tested the same analyses among 425 fathers who had their first child after 2011, coinciding with the implementation of the Second National Plan for Low Fertility and Aging Society. Fathers employed at a workplace where a tuition assistance system was available were more likely to have a second child.