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Gender, Nonstandard Work Schedules, and Marital Quality

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  • David Maume
  • Rachel Sebastian

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Relatively few studies have focused on the effects of working late and rotating shifts on marital dynamics. This study addressed the limitations of prior studies by sampling from a sector of the economy (i.e., grocery and drug store workers) where shift work and rotating schedules were common, and by controlling for numerous accompanying disruptive effects of shift work on marital quality. Results show that working late shifts reduces marital quality among men, whereas among women, job-family spillover explained away marital quality effects of working rotating schedules. These results suggest that more than men, women remain largely responsible for family life irrespective of work schedules, yet further research on how family lives are affected by work schedules is needed. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012

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  • David Maume & Rachel Sebastian, 2012. "Gender, Nonstandard Work Schedules, and Marital Quality," Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Springer, vol. 33(4), pages 477-490, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:kap:jfamec:v:33:y:2012:i:4:p:477-490
    DOI: 10.1007/s10834-012-9308-1
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