TY - JOUR
T1 - A first look at parental work schedules and children’s well-being in contemporary China
AU - Han, Wen Jui
N1 - Funding Information:
The author would like to acknowledge the financial support from the Silver School of Social Work at NYU and NYU-ECNU Institute for Social Development at NYU Shanghai. And this research would not be possible if not for school principals, teachers, parents, and children who have graciously shared their time with us as well as our hard-working research team.
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PY - 2020/5/26
Y1 - 2020/5/26
N2 - This article examines the association between parental work schedules and children’s well-being using a 2014 sample of first-graders in Shanghai, China (N = 2282), a society undergoing rapid economic and social changes. Approximately one-third of the sampled parents worked nonstandard hours in 2014. Propensity score matching analysis results show that children whose fathers worked evening and night schedules had worse internalizing behavior than those whose fathers worked a at standard daytime schedule. In addition, children whose fathers worked nights or irregular schedules displayed poorer academic performance than their peers whose fathers worked a standard daytime schedule. Maternal nonstandard work schedules were associated with worse academic performance but better behavioral outcomes. These associations were particularly pronounced for families with rural residential status and families in the bottom-third of the income distribution.
AB - This article examines the association between parental work schedules and children’s well-being using a 2014 sample of first-graders in Shanghai, China (N = 2282), a society undergoing rapid economic and social changes. Approximately one-third of the sampled parents worked nonstandard hours in 2014. Propensity score matching analysis results show that children whose fathers worked evening and night schedules had worse internalizing behavior than those whose fathers worked a at standard daytime schedule. In addition, children whose fathers worked nights or irregular schedules displayed poorer academic performance than their peers whose fathers worked a standard daytime schedule. Maternal nonstandard work schedules were associated with worse academic performance but better behavioral outcomes. These associations were particularly pronounced for families with rural residential status and families in the bottom-third of the income distribution.
KW - Children’s well-being
KW - China
KW - externalizing behaviors
KW - internalizing behaviors
KW - parental nonstandard work schedules
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U2 - 10.1080/13668803.2018.1531826
DO - 10.1080/13668803.2018.1531826
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85055678386
SN - 1366-8803
VL - 23
SP - 286
EP - 304
JO - Community, Work and Family
JF - Community, Work and Family
IS - 3
ER -