What Does Family-Friendly Really Mean? Wellbeing, Time, and the Quality of Parents' Job

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dc.contributor.author Strazdins, L
dc.contributor.author Shipley, M
dc.contributor.author Broom, D H
dc.date.accessioned 2012-07-23T03:43:56Z
dc.date.available 2012-07-23T03:43:56Z
dc.date.issued 2007
dc.description.abstract We present a brief index of parent job quality, classifying jobs by four working conditions: paid parental leave, perceived security, control and fl exible work times. Jobs vary from optimal (with all conditions) to poor (none or one condition), and we describe differences in mothers' and fathers' job quality by education; work hours; and casual, fixed-term or permanent employment. Analyses are based on a large, nationally representative sample of parents with children aged 4-5 years (the Growing Up in Australia study; N=2,164 mothers; 2,614 fathers). Fathers were more likely to have higher quality jobs than mothers, but both had poorer quality jobs if employed casually or part-time. High-quality jobs were associated with better parent wellbeing, a finding replicated in a second, smaller study. Sustaining the wellbeing of working parents should be an aim of family friendliness. The index gives workplaces and government a way to benchmark and evaluate parents' jobs. en
dc.identifier.citation Strazdins, L., Shipley, M., Broom, D.H. 2007. What Does Family-Friendly Really Mean? Wellbeing, Time, and the Quality of Parents' Job. Australian Bulletin of Labour, Vol. 33 No. 2, pp. 202-225. en
dc.identifier.issn 0311-6336
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2328/26192
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher National Institute of Labour Studies en
dc.title What Does Family-Friendly Really Mean? Wellbeing, Time, and the Quality of Parents' Job en
dc.type Article en
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