This study analyzes 2012 General Social Survey data (N = 1,089) about preferences for paid paternity leave availability, lengths of leave offerings, and government funding of leaves. It highlights gender and gendered parenting role attitudes as predictors of leave preferences. Descriptive results revealed sizable (i.e., 53 percent) support for leave availability and moderate (i.e., 33 percent) support for some government funding; still, only modest (i.e., five weeks) lengths of leave offerings were desired. Regression results indicated that women were typically more likely than men to support more generous leave offerings. Consistently, dual-earner expectations were positively associated with preferences for more generous leave offerings. Separate spheres attitudes appeared to be meaningful for women’s preferences, but not for men’s preferences. Importantly, the findings from this study suggest that there have been long-standing preferences for more generous and widespread paid paternity leave offerings in the United States—and more public policy action is long overdue.

本研究分析了2012年一般社会调查数据（N= 1,089），其中包括对带薪陪产假的优惠，休假时间的长短以及政府对假期的资助。它强调了性别和性别育儿角色态度作为休假偏好的预测因素。描述性结果表明，有大量（即53％）的假期支持假，而有一定比例（即33％）的政府资助支持。仍然，只需要适度（即五周）的假期。回归结果表明，与男性相比，女性通常更有可能支持更慷慨的假期产品。一致地，双重收入的期望与更慷慨的休假选择的偏好成正比。不同领域的态度似乎对女性的喜好有意义，但对于男性的喜好却没有意义。重要的，