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This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness under Grant number CSO2017-84634-R.

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Becoming primary caregivers? Unemployed fathers caring alone in Spain

Publicated to:Families Relationships and Societies. 10 (3): 517-533 - 2021-11-01 10(3), DOI: 10.1332/204674320X15919852635855

Authors: Castrillo, Concepcion; Rogero-Garcia, Jesus; Romero-Balsas, Pedro; Meil, Gerardo

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Univ Autonoma Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

This article analyses how unemployed fathers with employed partners broach childcare and how they conceive of their own identities. It aims primarily to determine whether these fathers actually play the part of primary caregivers. The analysis is based on in-depth interviews with 26 unemployed fathers who spent at least three months caring for their children. The findings show that these fathers engaged intensively in a wide variety of caring tasks. Nonetheless, their role as primary caregivers is called into question on the grounds of attitude. They tended to take for granted that they should set aside time and space for themselves, adding to their partners' dual workload. Moreover, the overall responsibility for care fell largely on mothers. Subjectively speaking, while one group of fathers resorted to egalitarian precepts to normalise their situation, for many others, the inability to meet the standard expectations of traditional masculinity prompted an identity conflict.

Keywords
&nbspCareChildcareFatheringGenderInvolvementMasculinitiesNarrativesParental leavePrimary caregiverUnemployment

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Families Relationships and Societies due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2021, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Sociology and Political Science. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q4 for the agency WoS (JCR) in the category Family Studies.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 3.61, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions May 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-05-02, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 2
  • Scopus: 4
  • Google Scholar: 1
  • OpenCitations: 4
Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-05-02:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 6.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 6 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 2 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Castrillo, C) and Last Author (MEIL LANDWERLIN, GERARDO A.).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Castrillo, C.