Nonstandard parental employment schedules and father involvement

Weinshenker, Matthew

doi:10.1080/13668803.2015.1074544

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“…8. While splitting hours under COVID-19 appears similar to other research on shiftwork or working non-standard hours to accommodate either mothers or fathers availability to children (Garey, 1999;Lowson & Arber, 2014;Weinshenker, 2016) this strategy rests upon an in-home division that reinforces the cultural view that the home belongs to children. Under the COVID-19 pandemic women found themselves with new worries about the kind of mothers they were now expected to be especially by their own children.…”

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When Paid Work Invades the Family: Single Mothers in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Hertz

Mattes²,

Shook

2020

Journal of Family Issues

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The Novel COVID-19 pandemic has dissolved the spatial distinction between production/workplace and reproduction/home. With essential services like childcare and public schools either shut down or dramatically curtailed, families have been stretched to the breaking point. Nowhere is the stress greater than among single mothers. This paper presents the results of a survey of single mothers who live alone with their children and single mothers who live in multi-adult households. We focus on three questions relevant to the situation faced by single mothers: (a) Does the experience of having created a support network prior to becoming a single mother mitigate the impact of the pandemic on single mothers? (b) Will the weight of daycare for preschool and school age children lead single mothers to look for new ways to organize their households? (c) More generally, will the antagonism between production and reproduction be altered as a result of the pandemic?

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 69%

When Paid Work Invades the Family: Single Mothers in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Hertz

Mattes²,

Shook

2020

Journal of Family Issues

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“…By contrast, nonresident fathers may be less able to coordinate their own and their child's schedules, and thus, working evenings may especially limit opportunities to engage in activities with their child. We also hypothesized that associations between resident fathers' schedules and involvement would depend on mothers' schedules, if parents engage in tag‐team parenting (Brayfield, ; Presser, ; Weinshenker, ), but the results did not support this.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…Although prior research among two‐parent families suggests resident fathers' nonstandard work schedules are associated with their involvement with their children (e.g., Brayfield, ; Rapoport & Le Bourdais, ; Weinshenker, ), it is unclear if the timing of work is associated with involvement among nonresident fathers. The purpose of this study was to estimate associations between fathers' work hours and schedules and their involvement with their young children among both resident and nonresident fathers as well as to estimate associations between nonresident fathers' work hours and schedules and their monetary contributions to their child.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Nonstandard Work Schedules and Father Involvement Among Resident and Nonresident Fathers

Pilarz

Cuesta

Drazen

2019

J of Marriage and Family

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Objective The authors examined associations between resident and nonresident fathers' nonstandard work schedules, work hours, and their level of involvement with their young children in the United States. Background Nonstandard work schedules may negatively impact father involvement either directly by reducing fathers' availability or indirectly by taking a toll on their well‐being. Prior research on nonstandard schedules and father involvement has focused on two‐parent households, yet nonstandard schedules may pose similar or greater challenges to nonresident fathers. Method Using data on 1,598 resident and 759 nonresident fathers from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, we estimated regression models to test associations between fathers' nonstandard work schedules, work hours, and fathers' involvement—accessibility, engagement, and responsibility—controlling for confounding factors and using residualized change models. For nonresident fathers only, we estimated associations between nonstandard schedules, work hours, and child support. Results Among nonresident fathers, working evenings was associated with lower engagement relative to working standard hours only and other nonstandard schedules, and in some models, working a variable schedule was associated with greater responsibility relative to other nonstandard schedules. Among resident fathers, working any nonstandard schedule versus standard hours only was associated with greater responsibility, and total work hours were negatively associated with each measure of involvement. Conclusion The findings suggest that fathers' work schedules may be an important factor in understanding resident and nonresident fathers' involvement with their young children.

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“…These studies show that workplace changes can promote equality, but equality can also come from family members who negotiate about job hours to promote gender equality at home. For example, workers may seek different shifts to increase fathers' involvement at home (Weinshenker, ). Yet some negotiations may also promote inequality, such as when mothers choose to work the night shift to keep a greater share of parenting work during the day and maintain their visibility as mothers (Lowson & Arber, ).…”

Section: Paid Work and Familiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Work and Family in the Second Decade of the 21st Century

Perry‐Jenkins

Gerstel

2020

J of Marriage and Family

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In the second decade of the 21st century, research on work and family from multiple disciplines flourished. The goal of this review is to capture the scope of this work–family literature and to highlight both the valuable advances and problematic omissions. In synthesizing this literature, the authors show that numerous scholars conducted studies and refined theories that addressed gender, but far fewer examined racial and class heterogeneity. They argue that examining heterogeneity changes the understanding of work–family relations. After briefly introducing the broad social, political, and economic context in which diverse work–family connections developed, this review uses this context to address the following three main themes, each with subtopics: (a) unpaid work including housework, parenting as work, and kin work; (b) paid work including work timing and hours, money (i.e., motherhood penalty, fatherhood bonus, marriage bonus, kin care penalty), relationships (i.e., coworkers, supervisors), and work experiences (i.e., complexity, autonomy, urgency); and (c) work–family policies (i.e., scheduling and child care). Given the breadth of the work–family literature, this review is not exhaustive but, rather, the authors synthesize key findings on each topic followed by a critique, especially with regard to the analyses of differences and inequalities around gender, race, ethnicity, and social class.

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Nonstandard parental employment schedules and father involvement

Cited by 10 publications

References 19 publications

When Paid Work Invades the Family: Single Mothers in the COVID-19 Pandemic

When Paid Work Invades the Family: Single Mothers in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Nonstandard Work Schedules and Father Involvement Among Resident and Nonresident Fathers

Work and Family in the Second Decade of the 21st Century

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