Workers on irregular/on-call schedules have greater work–family conflict and work stress
Full sample | Salary workers | Hourly workers | Other workers | |||||
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Work-family conflict coef. |
Work stress coef. |
Work-family conflict coef. |
Work stress coef. |
Work-family conflict coef. |
Work stress coef. |
Work-family conflict coef. |
Work stress coef. |
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Respondent income | ||||||||
<$22,500 (ref.) | ||||||||
$22,500–$39,999 | 0.0687 | 0.0246 | 0.0514 | 0.0349 | 0.144** | 0.0342 | -0.101 | 0.0575 |
$40,000–$49,999 | 0.151* | 0.205** | 0.149 | 0.263** | 0.192* | 0.153 | -0.145 | -0.00553 |
$50,000–$59,999 | 0.273*** | 0.203** | 0.239* | 0.176 | 0.388*** | 0.241* | 0.0456 | 0.275 |
Over $60,000 | 0.291*** | 0.125* | 0.263** | 0.127 | 0.445*** | 0.0992 | -0.100 | 0.0116 |
Working hours | 0.0134*** | 0.0122*** | 0.0192*** | 0.0151*** | 0.00911*** | 0.0101*** | 0.0165*** | 0.0138*** |
Pay status | ||||||||
Salaried (ref.) | ||||||||
Hourly | -0.117** | -0.0880* | ||||||
Other | -0.00664 | -0.204*** | ||||||
Work schedule | ||||||||
Day shift (ref.) | ||||||||
Afternoon shift | 0.236** | 0.0400 | 0.303 | 0.123 | 0.199* | -0.0276 | 0.508 | 0.749* |
Night shift | 0.320*** | 0.0152 | 0.364* | -0.138 | 0.337*** | 0.0532 | 0.0383 | -0.0123 |
Irregular/on-call | 0.438*** | 0.132* | 0.618*** | 0.117 | 0.473*** | 0.212* | 0.131 | 0.0326 |
Rotating shift | 0.352*** | 0.0609 | 0.249 | -0.0436 | 0.348*** | 0.0395 | 0.540 | 0.639* |
Split shift | 0.426*** | 0.0399 | 0.264 | -0.0945 | 0.535*** | 0.150 | 0.0399 | -0.433 |
R-Squared | 0.135 | 0.073 | 0.184 | 0.083 | 0.096 | 0.047 | 0.176 | 0.196 |
Observations (n=) | 3,800 | 3,799 | 1,399 | 1,399 | 1,979 | 1,977 | 422 | 423 |
Note: Asterisks denote tested significant at ***p<.001, **p<.01, *p<.05. “Regular” shift includes day, afternoon, and night shifts. All models were controlled for education, survey year, age, age square, race, marital status, presence of a preschool child, and years on the job.
Source: General Social Survey Quality of Worklife Supplement (NIOSH), pooled years 2002, 2006, and 2010