In developed countries, employed women in two-parent households report that they spend an average of 17.7 hours per week caring for family members, while employed men report devoting about 9, according to the researchers. At the same time, women report spending an average of 17.8 hours per week on housework, while men report an average of 8.8 hours
It is showing that women are still doing more of the caring, women are still doing more of the housework whilst still working full time - im not sure this is a great thing to aspire to.
"It didn't matter to us if she worked for a few months one year, or worked 60 hours per week during your whole childhood," McGinn says. "We weren't interested in whether your mom was an intense professional, but rather whether you had a role model who showed you that women work both inside and outside the home. We wanted to see how that played out."
This is ridiculous, so their research classed a working mum the same as if it was a 12hr a day mother or a mum who worked a few months one year since a child was born until they were 14 years old and expect that to have the same influence. (I.e non)
Did it matter if it was a paid role?
It appears job role and salary did not matter either, so could they volunteer a few months one year and it have the same effect?
Survey respondents included 13,326 women and 18,152 men from 24 developed nations. The researchers based their analyses on responses collected from the 2002 and 2012 surveys
Not exactly a vast amount of respondents over 24 developed nations that was conducted up to 20 years ago.
Anyhow, people can always find "research" to hekp their side of an argument, it happens all the time on these silly WOHP vs SAHP threads.
Just do what's best for yourself and your own families, dont listen to others' judgments and of possible do what makes you happy. Thats what makes the best parents.