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Title: Shift Work and Child Care Among Young Dual-Earner American Parents
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Presser, Harriet B. |
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Shift Work and Child Care Among Young Dual-Earner American Parents Journal of Marriage and Family 50,1 (February 1988): 133-148. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/352434 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: National Council on Family Relations Keyword(s): Child Care; Gender Differences; Part-Time Work This study uncovers a high rate of non-day employment among young dual-earner American parents and examines the relationship between shift status (fixed day, fixed nonday, and rotating) and child care. Special attention is given to parental child care when the spouse is employed. The study is based on the 1984 wave of the NLSY, a cohort of 19 to 26 year olds in 1984. A subset of married parents with employed spouses and with children under five years old was selected for analysis. Reliance on spouses for child care when dual-earner couples are employed is much higher when respondents work non-days rather than days. This is particularly evident when both primary and secondary child care arrangements are considered and when the extent of non-overlapping hours is taken into account. Although mothers participate more in child care when fathers are employed than vice versa, father care is substantial. Gender differences in the determinants of parental care and the issue of whether shift work is a solution to the child care problem are discussed. |
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Presser, Harriet B. "Shift Work and Child Care Among Young Dual-Earner American Parents." Journal of Marriage and Family 50,1 (February 1988): 133-148.
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