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Work shifts of full-time dual-earner couples: Patterns and contrasts by sex of spouse

Author(s) -

Harriet B. Presser

Publication year - 1987

Publication title -

demography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.099

H-Index - 129

eISSN - 1533-7790

pISSN - 0070-3370

DOI - 10.2307/2061510

Subject(s) - spouse , current population survey , dual (grammatical number) , demography , demographic economics , work (physics) , population , variation (astronomy) , psychology , multivariate analysis , sociology , economics , mathematics , statistics , mechanical engineering , art , physics , literature , anthropology , astrophysics , engineering

Work shifts of full-time dual-earner couples are analyzed with data from the May 1980 U.S. Current Population Survey. Over 20 percent of husbands and about 12 percent of wives work other than a regular day shift. Variations in shift work status by sex of spouse are examined according to job, race, and life-cycle characteristics. A multivariate analysis indicates that a different composite offactors affects the shift work status of husbands and wives. Given the wide variation in the prevalence of non-day employment within major groups and the sex segregation of the labor force, we look at detailed occupations and industries to the extent possible.

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