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Author: Medley, Carol
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1. Medley, Carol
Shift Workers: A Descriptive Analysis of Workers' Characteristics
Report, Columbus OH: Center for Human Resource Research, The Ohio State University, 1979
Cohort(s): Mature Women, Older Men, Young Men, Young Women
Publisher: Center for Human Resource Research
Keyword(s): Job Tenure; Locus of Control (see Rotter Scale); Rotter Scale (see Locus of Control); Shift Workers; Unions; Wages

Four NLS cohorts (Young Men ages 19-29, Older Men ages 50-64, Young Women ages 18-28, and Mature Women ages 35-49 in 1971) are used to analyze the work-related characteristics of shift workers. Evening shift workers are more likely than day workers to have union representation and overtime pay; however, low wages and fewer hours of work outweigh the advantages. Split shift workers also have fewer hours and lower wages. As for the night shift, job tenure is comparable to that for the day workers. Evening, split and night shift workers are concentrated in the North, as might be expected within manufacturing. Service, transportation, and sales are also represented by evening and night shift workers. Sex-related differences in shift and industry have also been found, such as boys, women and girls working day shifts as compared to men working night shifts.
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Medley, Carol. "Shift Workers: A Descriptive Analysis of Workers' Characteristics." Report, Columbus OH: Center for Human Resource Research, The Ohio State University, 1979.