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Title: Working In the Evenings: Revisiting How to Measure Non-Day Work

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2013

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Abstract: This paper revisits the ways non-day work is usually measured and suggests a new measure focusing solely on work that occurs during the evening (6 p.m.9 p.m.). Traditionally, non-day work is measured by determining the worker's shift or categorizing all work not done during the traditional day as non-standard work. These measures of work are often used to measure how work affects activities such as childcare, time with spouse, and time for social activities. These activities, however, normally cluster during the evening. The rise in quality and availability of time diary data allows instead for a direct examination of evening work, rather than asking the respondents to talk about their usual day. The American Time Use Survey (ATUS) allows for an examination of how well shift and non-standard work measures evening work. This close examination shows the shift measure underestimate the prevalence of evening work, while the non-standard work measure overestimates the amount of evening work done in the overall population. The article concludes by showing the evening work measure is effective at predicting commonly held hypotheses about evening work and time with children.

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Authors: Corey, Michael R.

Institution: University of Chicago

Department: Sociology

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Degree: Doctor of Philosophy

Publisher Location: Chicago, IL

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Data Collections: IPUMS Time Use - ATUS

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Methodology and Data Collection

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