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ERIC Number: EJ975368
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Aug
Pages: 28
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0192-513X
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Making Ends Meet: Insufficiency and Work-Family Coordination in the New Economy
Edgell, Penny; Ammons, Samantha K.; Dahlin, Eric C.
Journal of Family Issues, v33 n8 p999-1026 Aug 2012
The "New Economy" features 24/7 employment, varied work schedules, job insecurity, and lower benefits and wages, which lead to disparities in experiences of security and sufficiency. This study investigates sufficiency concerns in the New Economy; who is having trouble making ends meet? Sufficiency concerns are subjective perceptions that work is insufficient to meet basic needs and that family and work cannot be coordinated in a stable way. This study uses the 2006 National Survey of Religion and Family Life (N = 1,621) to analyze Americans' experiences in the New Economy and how these experiences are related to work-family conflict. Sufficiency concerns were experienced by a quarter to a third of our respondents and were shaped by gender and structural inequality, especially race and education. Moreover, sufficiency concerns strongly predict work-family conflict, even when other controls are included. This research furthers our understanding of work-family conflict and the winners and losers in the New Economy. (Contains 5 tables and 7 notes.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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