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dc.contributor.authorDockery, Alfred Michael
dc.contributor.authorLi, Jianghong
dc.contributor.authorKendall, Garth
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T14:40:22Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T14:40:22Z
dc.date.created2009-08-18T20:01:48Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.identifier.citationDockery, Alfred Michael and Li, Jianghong and Kendall, Garth. 2009. Parents' work patterns and adolescent health and wellbeing. Social Science and Medicine. 68 (4): pp. 689-698.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40192
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.10.005
dc.description.abstract

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.

dc.publisherELSEVIER
dc.titleParents' work patterns and adolescent health and wellbeing
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume68
dcterms.source.number4
dcterms.source.startPage689
dcterms.source.endPage698
dcterms.source.issn02779536
dcterms.source.titleSocial Science and Medicine
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curtin.departmentSchool of Economics and Finance
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences


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