Making Ends Meet: Insufficiency and Work-Family Coordination in the New Economy

Autor/inn/en	Edgell, Penny; Ammons, Samantha K.; Dahlin, Eric C.
Titel	Making Ends Meet: Insufficiency and Work-Family Coordination in the New Economy
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Issues, 33 (2012) 8, S.999-1026 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-513X
DOI	10.1177/0192513X11424261
Schlagwörter	Working Hours; Higher Education; Family Life; Conflict; Job Security; Employment; Racial Differences; Prediction; Religion; Adults; Statistics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hours of work; Arbeitszeit; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Konflikt; Arbeitsplatzsicherheit; Dienstverhältnis; Rassenunterschied; Vorhersage; Statistik
Abstract	The "New Economy" features 24/7 employment, varied work schedules, job insecurity, and lower benefits and wages, which lead to disparities in experiences of security and sufficiency. This study investigates sufficiency concerns in the New Economy; who is having trouble making ends meet? Sufficiency concerns are subjective perceptions that work is insufficient to meet basic needs and that family and work cannot be coordinated in a stable way. This study uses the 2006 National Survey of Religion and Family Life (N = 1,621) to analyze Americans' experiences in the New Economy and how these experiences are related to work-family conflict. Sufficiency concerns were experienced by a quarter to a third of our respondents and were shaped by gender and structural inequality, especially race and education. Moreover, sufficiency concerns strongly predict work-family conflict, even when other controls are included. This research furthers our understanding of work-family conflict and the winners and losers in the New Economy. (Contains 5 tables and 7 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10