Dockery Alfred, Li Jianghong, Kendall Garth
Curtin Business School, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, WA 6845, Australia.
Soc Sci Med. 2009 Feb;68(4):689-98. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.10.005. Epub 2008 Dec 10.
Previous research demonstrates that non-standard work schedules undermine the stability of marriage and reduce family cohesiveness. Limited research has investigated the effects of parents working non-standard schedules on children's health and wellbeing and no published Australian studies have addressed this important issue. This paper contributes to bridging this knowledge gap by focusing on adolescents aged 15-20 years and by including sole parent families which have been omitted in previous research, using panel data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey. Multilevel linear regression models are estimated to analyse the association between parental work schedules and hours of work and measures of adolescents' mental health derived from the SF-36 Health Survey. Evidence of negative impacts of parents working non-standard hours upon adolescent wellbeing is found to exist primarily within sole parent families.
先前的研究表明，非标准工作时间表会破坏婚姻的稳定性并降低家庭凝聚力。有限的研究调查了父母从事非标准工作时间表对孩子健康和幸福的影响，而澳大利亚尚未有已发表的研究探讨过这个重要问题。本文通过关注15至20岁的青少年，并纳入先前研究中被遗漏的单亲家庭，利用澳大利亚家庭、收入和劳动力动态调查的面板数据，有助于填补这一知识空白。我们估计了多级线性回归模型，以分析父母的工作时间表和工作时长与从SF-36健康调查得出的青少年心理健康指标之间的关联。研究发现，父母从事非标准工作时长对青少年幸福产生负面影响的证据主要存在于单亲家庭中。
