Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10620/18105
Longitudinal Study: HILDA
Title: Sole-parent work schedules and adolescent wellbeing: Evidence from Australia
Authors: Li, Jianghong 
Kendall, Garth 
Dockery, Alfred Michael 
Publication Date: 11-Oct-2016
Pages: 167-174
Keywords: Health
sole-parents
Nonstandard work
Australia
Adolescents
Children
wellbeing
Abstract: Extensive evidence has shown that working nonstandard hours, such as evening or night shifts, impacts negatively on workers' own health, and a growing literature suggests such impacts extend to the health of workers’ children. Using matched parent and child data from a large Australian panel survey this paper explores the effects of parental work schedules on the mental and physical health of adolescents aged 15–20 in sole-parent families. Random-effects models indicate adolescents have marginally worse emotional and physical health when their parent works nonstandard hours, based on SF-36 component summary scores, associated primarily with emotional or physical role limitations. Parental weekend schedules are particularly detrimental to adolescent physical health. Evidence is found that the effects of nonstandard work schedules on adolescent wellbeing are transmitted through increased work-family conflict and exacerbated where parents have low job control.
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.09.019
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277953616305184?via%3Dihub
Keywords: Employment -- Hours; Children -- Adolescents and youth; Health -- Wellbeing
Research collection: Journal Articles
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