Fathers Taking Paternity Leave in Spain: Which Characteristics Foster and Which Hampers the Use of Paternity Leave

This article evaluates which factors foster or constrain the use of paternity leave in Spain. Through a dataset of four thousand people, of which six hundred are potential paternity leave-takers, it analyses which are the effects that working conditions, education, and gender role values have on the use of paternity leave. The main findings are that being self-employed hampers fathers from taking paternity leave and having egalitarian roles related to childcare and family-oriented values have a positive significant relation with the use of paternity leave in Spain.