Relieving the Time Squeeze? Effects of a White-Collar Workplace Change on Parents

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• Alternative Title:
  J Marriage Fam
• Personal Author:
  Hill, Rachelle ; Tranby, Eric ; Kelly, Erin ; Moen, Phyllis
• Description:
  Employed parents perceive a time squeeze even as trends from the 1960s show they are spending more time with their children. Work conditions (e.g., hours and schedule control) would seem to affect both parents' time with children and perceived time squeeze, but most studies rely on cross-sectional data that do not establish causality. The authors examined the effects of the introduction of a workplace flexibility initiative (Results Only Work Environment [ROWE]) on changes in mothers' and fathers' perceptions of the adequacy of their time with children and actual time spent with children (N = 225). Baseline data show the importance of work conditions for parents' sense of perceived time adequacy. Panel data show that mothers (but not fathers) in ROWE report increased schedule control and improved time adequacy, but no change in actual time spent with children, except that ROWE increases evening meals with children for mothers sharing few meals at baseline.
• Subjects:
  Article Gender Interventions Parenting Parent – Child Relationships Work
• Source:
  J Marriage Fam. 75(4):1014-1029.
• Pubmed ID:
  24436498
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3889156
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R24 HD041023/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States ; U01 HD051217/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States ; R25 CA163184/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; U01 HD051256/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States ; U01 OH008788/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States ; U01 AG027669/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States ; R01 HL107240/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States ; U01 HD059773/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States ; U01 HD051276/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States ; U01 HD051218/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States
• Volume:
  75
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a4e9699722a27fd5cfdff1c315c7553f495575b53b410628ebda4985b00fede8
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/41938/cdc_41938_DS1.pdf
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