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Abstract:
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Social scientists have long been concerned that working something other than a regular daytime schedule could affect the quality of life of workers. However, relatively little is actually known about how working an alternative schedule affects other aspects of individuals' lives. This paper combines information from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics May 2004 Current Population Survey supplement on work schedules with information from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) to explore how working an alternative shift affects the amount of time individuals eat, sleep, watch television, attend events, volunteer, and interact with family members or friends both on days that individuals work and on days that they do not. The paper concludes with an examination of whether spouses of non-day workers utilize their time differently than do spouses of day workers.
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