Working in a 24/7 Economy: Challenges for American Families

Presser, Harriet B.

doi:10.1055/s-2004-822552

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“…Consistent with prior findings (Presser, 2003;Presser &Cox, 1997), non-day shifts are more common among lesseducated mothers, who are also more likely to report working them for family/personal reasons.…”

Section: Parental Time With Childrensupporting

confidence: 87%

Time for Children: Trends in the Employment Patterns of Parents, 1967–2009

et al. 2012

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Section: Parental Time With Childrensupporting

confidence: 87%

Time for Children: Trends in the Employment Patterns of Parents, 1967–2009

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“…19,20 However, there has been limited examination of the impact of work hours scheduled at nonstandard times on child weight within the collective family unit. The findings of the two previous studies examining mothers' work schedules and child body mass index (BMI) are incongruent, with nonstandard work schedules being associated with overweight/ obesity among adolescents, 21 but not in children aged 8 --12 years.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Parental work schedules and child overweight and obesity

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OBJECTIVE: Studies in school-age children have consistently shown a positive association between maternal paid work hours and child obesity. However, there is conflicting evidence about the impact of maternal work hours scheduled at nonstandard times (for example, evenings, nights or weekends), and no previous examination of paternal work schedules and child weight. We examined the associations between maternal, paternal and combined parental paid work schedules and overweight/obesity in children at age 9 years. METHODS: Data were analysed from the most recent follow-up of 9-year-old children (n ¼ 434) in an Australian birth cohort study. Children were measured and classified as overweight/obese using the International Obesity Taskforce body mass index cutoff points. Current working conditions of parents were obtained from a structured interview with the primary caregiver. Logistic regression analyses were used to investigate the effect of parental work schedules on child overweight/obesity with adjustment for a range of sociodemographic and household factors associated with parental employment and child weight. RESULTS: At 9 years of age, 99 children (22.8%) were overweight or obese. When parental work schedules were examined separately, child overweight/obesity was significantly associated with paternal nonstandard work schedules (adjusted odds ratio (OR) 1.97, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.08 --3.61). There was no association with any type of maternal work schedule. We also found an association between child overweight/obesity and circumstances in which both parents worked nonstandard schedules; however, this was of borderline statistical significance in the adjusted models (adjusted OR 2.26, 95% CI 0.99 --5.16). CONCLUSION: Work hours scheduled at nonstandard times, when worked by the father or both parents, were associated with child overweight and obesity. These findings indicate the potential importance of fathers' paid work arrangements for child overweight/obesity, which until recently has largely been ignored.

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“…Consequently, we adjust for parental weekly hours of work (as described below). Further to variable measurement, information on nonstandard employment was captured from parents who may be in sales or service jobs alongside parents who reported professional or managerial jobs -industries represented in nonstandard employment (Han 2008;Presser 2003).…”

Section: Parental Nonstandard Employmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A nonstandard schedule may be preferred by parents who try to avoid nonparental childcare and choose to be available to their children during the day (Presser 1989). In two-parent families, where one or both parents work nonstandard hours, parents may have more equitable parental care of children and choose to engage in "tag-team" parenting (Presser 2003). Additionally, parents may work nonstandard hours because an employer offers higher wages.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%