Parents' work patterns and adolescent mental health |
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| Authors: | Alfred Dockery Jianghong Li Garth Kendall |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Curtin Business School, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia;2. Centre for International Health, School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, WA 6845, Australia;3. Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, Australia;4. School of Nursing and Midwifery, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, WA 6845, Australia |
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| 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. |
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| Keywords: | Non-standard work Mental health Wellbeing Adolescents Australia Work schedules Parents |
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