Fact-of-the-Week: 5 December 2011
fact of the week
Most Adults Have Worked Alternative Work Schedules During Their Early Careers
"By age 39 almost 90 percent of all respondents have had some experience with nonstandard schedules [i.e., working something other than a regular day shift]. For non-day employment specifically, the percentage is more than 70 percent," according to a 2011 analysis of the work schedules of over 7000 workers.
Presser, H. B., and Ward, B. W. (2011). Nonstandard work schedules over the life course: A first look. Monthly Labor Review, 134(7), 3-16. Retrieved from www.bls.gov.
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