Work-family culture in low-income environments: can we generalize?

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• Personal Author:
  Agars MD ; French KA
• Description:
  The current study examined whether a work-family culture measure can be used across diverse income groups. We compared measure structure and criterion-related validity for low-income (n = 327) and high-income (n = 400) samples. Differences in measurement structure between the two groups were examined using measurement invariance, and differences in prediction were examined using multiple regression. Results indicate work-family culture facets are not equivalent across groups, and some relationships are weaker for low-income workers compared to high-income workers. Findings suggest that research using work-family culture measures developed on high-income populations may not generalize to low-income populations. New or revised measures are needed. This study contributes to our understanding of work-family measurement, work-family culture in low-income contexts, and the generalizability of measures and results using high-income samples to lower income counterparts. The results have clear implications for questioning equivalence of commonly used measures across income levels. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Economics Family Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Low Income; Work-family Culture; Measurement; Work-family Conflict Workers; Work Environment; Families; Economics; Sampling;
• ISSN:
  0894-8453
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Florida ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  50-67
• Volume:
  45
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064727
• Citation:
  J Career Dev 2018 Feb; 45(1):50-67
• Contact Point Address:
  Kimberly A. French, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., PCD 4118G, Tampa, FL 33620
• Email:
  KFrench0429@gmail.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Performing Organization:
  Sunshine Education and Research Center, University of South Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Career Development
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:52c4dbe1e4afb0e2589c2ac38007ea941b50862c0696686b0e17a09f602c752031ea7d3287d399c83abe69ef8144c09ea5a8a08f637fe52fbcb09d66e81d4bd0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248742/cdc_248742_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 288.33 KB ]