An assessment of shiftwork effects on job/family management and role strain in dual-earner couples

UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
James Luther Burston (Creator)
Institution
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Advisor
Garrett Lange

Abstract: The purpose of this research was to investigate relationships between different shiftwork combinations of individuals in dual-earner dyads and their perceptions of family management strain and family role strain. A secondary purpose was to examine the demographic factors of age, sex, number of children under 18 living at home, and sex role perceptions as these variables relate to family management strain and family role strain. Three hundred fourteen respondents, 226 women and 88 men, comprised the sample. A sex-of-respondent by shiftwork combination ANOVA indicated that shift combination was not a significant factor in family management strain perceptions and only a marginally significant factor for family role strain perceptions. Women working non-standard shifts with husbands working standard shifts reported significantly higher levels of family role strain than women working first shifts with husbands working nonstandard shifts. Women reported significantly higher levels of family management strain and family role strain than men over all shift combinations.

Additional Information

Publication
Dissertation
Language: English
Date: 1986
Subjects
Dual-career families
Shift systems
Sex role

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