'Stuck' in nonstandard schedules? Married couples' nonstandard work schedules over the life course.

ABSTRACT: Though employment outside of regular daytime business hours has remained high since the 1990s, trends in nonstandard employment schedules over the life course and across households remain under-examined. The consequences of nonstandard scheduling extend to workers, their spouse, and children, urging greater attention to the distribution of nonstandard schedules at the couple-level. Using all three waves of the National Survey of Families and Households, this article examines the prevalence, persistence and sociodemographic patterns of rotating and night employment at the couple-level, following 913 married couples in the United States as they aged from the late 1980s to early 2000s. Though aging reduced the likelihood that couples had one or both spouses working nonstandard hours, roughly

SUBMITTER: Leupp K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7716595 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature