Father’s role in the light of the proposition of the Parental protection and family benefits act

V zadnjih nekaj desetletjih smo v razvitih zahodnih družbah priča številnim spremembam v družini. Ena izmed njih je tudi vedno pogostejše vključevanje očetov v družinsko življenje (v skrb za otroka/otroke ter opravljanje družinskih/domačih/gospodinjskih opravil). Svoj delež k vključevanju očetov v družinsko življenje pa pogosto prispevajo tudi države z uvedbo različnih oblik starševskih dopustov, ki jih lahko koristijo samo ali tudi očetje. V empiričnem delu magistrske naloge smo se zato ukvarjali z vključevanjem očetov v družinsko življenje (v skrb za otroka/otroke in opravljanje družinskih/domačih/gospodinjskih opravil) ter preverjali, ali bi sprejetje neprenosljivega dela starševskega dopusta za očete prispevalo k večjemu koriščenju starševskega dopusta s strani le-teh, s tem pa tudi k večjemu vključevanju očetov v družinsko življenje (v skrb za otroka/otroke in opravljanje družinskih/domačih/gospodinjskih opravil). Za potrebe empiričnega dela magistrske naloge smo oblikovali anketni vprašalnik, ki ga je izpolnilo 230 slovenskih očetov in mater. Dobljene podatke smo analizirali s pomočjo programa SPSS, tako dobljeni rezultati pa so pokazali, da očetje svoja mišljenja, stališča in prepričanja udejanjajo tudi v praksi ter da bi sprejetje neprenosljivega dela starševskega dopusta za očete prispevalo k večjemu koriščenju starševskega dopusta s strani očetov.The family in Western societies has been subjected to many changes in the past few decades. One of those is the increased participation of fathers in the family life (in taking care of the child/children and doing family/household chores). The governments also often contribute to increase of the participation of fathers in the family life by introducing various forms of parental leave, intended only for or also for fathers. The empirical part of the master’s thesis was thus focused on the participation of fathers in the family life (in taking care of the child/children and doing family/household chores) and to verify whether the fathers would be more likely to use the parental leave, would it be non-transferable, and also if it would increase the level of fathers’ participation in the family life (in taking care of the child/children and doing family/household chores). A questionnaire was designed and filled out by 230 fathers and mothers in Slovenia. The gathered data was analysed with the SPSS program, and the final results have shown that fathers put their opinions, standpoints and convictions into reality and that the passing of non-transferable parental leave would indeed contribute to an increased benefit of the parental leave by the fathers