Table 1.
Characteristics of mothers working standard schedules and mothers working nonstandard schedules.
| Mothers |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard schedules | Nonstandard schedules | Total | ||
| Total number of observations | 4983 (80.50%) | 1207 (19.50%) | 6190 (100%) | |
| Age#** | ≤ 40 years of age | 2438 (48.93%) | 677 (56.09%) | 3115 (50.32%) |
| > 40 years of age | 2545 (51.07%) | 530 (43.91%) | 3075 (49.68%) | |
| Number of children‡*** | 2.41 (±.80) | 2.58 (±.93) | 2.45 (±.83) | |
| Infant at home#*** | No | 4672 (93.76%) | 1084 (89.81%) | 5756 (92.99%) |
| Yes | 311 (6.24%) | 123 (10.19%) | 434 (7.01%) | |
| Social economic status#* | Lower than average | 1739 (34.90%) | 506 (41.92%) | 2245 (36.27%) |
| Higher than average | 3244 (65.10%) | 701 (58.08%) | 3945 (63.73%) | |
| Share of domestic work# | I do my fair share | 2249 (45.18%) | 528 (43.78%) | 2777 (44.91%) |
| I do less than my fair share | 126 (2.53%) | 35 (2.90%) | 161 (2.60%) | |
| I do more than my fair share | 2603 (52.29%) | 643 (53.32%) | 3246 (52.49%) | |
| Work hours# | Part-time*** | 1688 (33.88%) | 708 (58.66%) | 2396 (38.71%) |
| Full-time | 2748 (55.15%) | 413 (34.22%) | 3161 (51.07%) | |
| Overtime** | 547 (10.98%) | 86 (7.13%) | 633 (10.23%) | |
| Partner's work hours# | Part-time | 136 (2.73%) | 35 (2.90%) | 171 (2.76%) |
| Full-time | 2441 (48.99%) | 543 (44.99%) | 2984 (48.21%) | |
| Overtime** | 2406 (48.28%) | 629 (52.11%) | 3035 (49.03%) | |
| Job quality‡*** | 3.10 (±.91) | 2.73 (±.95) | 3.03 (±.93) | |
| Occupation# | Managers† | 676 (13.58%) | 134 (11.13%) | 810 (13.10%) |
| Professionals | 1908 (38.32%) | 447 (37.13%) | 2355 (38.09%) | |
| Technicians | 150 (3.01%) | 47 (3.90%) | 197 (3.19%) | |
| Service Workers | 519 (10.42%) | 187 (15.53%) | 706 (11.42%) | |
| Clericals† | 1296 (26.03%) | 234 (19.44%) | 1530 (24.75%) | |
| Sales Workers | 264 (5.30%) | 77 (6.40%) | 341 (5.52%) | |
| Operators^ | 31 (0.62%) | 18 (1.50%) | 49 (0.79%) | |
| Labourers** | 135 (2.71%) | 60 (4.98%) | 195 (3.15%) | |
# Number of observations (% within the column) ‡ Mean (±SD) of all observations †p < 0.1; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001. ^ No results as too few cases.