ERIC Number: EJ1454631
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-2377-8253
EISSN: EISSN-2377-8261
Parenting without Predictability: Precarious Schedules, Parental Strain, and Work-Life Conflict
Sigrid Luhr; Daniel Schneider; Kristen Harknett
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, v8 n5 p24-44 2022
Against the backdrop of dramatic changes in work and family life, this article draws on survey data from 2,971 mothers working in the service sector to examine how unpredictable schedules are associated with three dimensions of parenting: difficulty arranging childcare, work- life conflict, and parenting stress. Results demonstrate that on- call shifts, shift timing changes, work hour volatility, and short advance notice of work schedules are positively associated with difficulty arranging childcare and work- life conflict. Mothers working these schedules are more likely to miss work. We consider how family structure and race moderate the relationship between schedule instability and these dimensions of parenting. Unstable work schedules, we argue, have important consequences for mothers working in the service industry.
Descriptors: Mothers, Employed Parents, Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship, Stress Variables, Child Care, Service Occupations, Working Hours, Family Work Relationship, Conflict, Family Structure, Race, Economically Disadvantaged
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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