2008/09/01 by V. R. Wight, Vanessa R. Wight, S. B. Raley +3 · 7 citations
Social Sciences · Health Professions · #Work-Family Balance Challenges #Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics #Employment and Welfare Studies
paper · doi:10.1353/sof.0.0092
Using data from the 2003 and 2004 American Time Use Surveys, this article examines nonstandard work hours and their relationship to parents' family, leisure and personal care time – informing the discussion of the costs and benefits of working nonstandard hours. The results suggest that parents who work nonstandard evening hours spend less time in some child-related activities than their counterparts who work standard daytime hours, but spend more time and more time alone with children. Married parents who work nonstandard hours spend less time with a spouse, and all parents with nonstandard hours get less sleep and watch less television than parents with standard work days.