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Time for Children, One's Spouse and Oneself among Parents Who Work Nonstandard Hours
- Social Forces
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Volume 87, Number 1, September 2008
- pp. 243-271
- 10.1353/sof.0.0092
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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.