A partnership between Dove Men+Care and Promundo, The Helping Dads Care Research Project (2017-2019) provides cross-sectional, survey data on men and women (ages 25-45) from seven countries on what factors drive men’s use of parental leave.
This white paper informs and builds on the findings of the State of the World’s Fathers report—a biennial study, produced by Promundo on behalf of MenCare: A Global Fatherhood Campaign, examining global issues surrounding care work and gender equality.
The survey questioned 11,334 men and women in the US, UK, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Netherlands and Japan. The study included 6,800 men (71% of whom were fathers), and 4,331 women (58% of whom were mothers); more men were included to allow for in-depth analyses of their perceptions about caregiving while still providing reliable comparisons to women overall and mothers. The sample was proportional for all regions of the countries surveyed and for all major ethnic groups.