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Making Ends Meet

Insufficiency and Work–Family Coordination in the New Economy

Bibliographic Data

ID2347161
AuthorsP Edgell (0000-0003-0389-9042, University of Minnesota), Samantha K Ammon (0000-0002-5000-2413, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, USA), Eric Dahlin (0000-0002-1765-5041, Brigham Young University), Eric C Dahlin (Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA)
Year2012
Volume33
Issue8
Pages999-1026
Publication date2012-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Family Issues (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0192-513X • E-ISSN: 1552-5481
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0192513x11424261
OpenAlexW2100283544
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited55

The 'New Economy' features 24/7 employment, varied work schedules, job insecurity, and lower benefits and wages, which lead to disparities in experiences of security and sufficiency. This study investigates sufficiency concerns in the New Economy; who is having trouble making ends meet? Sufficiency concerns are subjective perceptions that work is insufficient to meet basic needs and that family and work cannot be coordinated in a stable way. This study uses the 2006 National Survey of Religion and Family Life ( N = 1,621) to analyze Americans' experiences in the New Economy and how these experiences are related to work-family conflict. Sufficiency concerns were experienced by a quarter to a third of our respondents and were shaped by gender and structural inequality, especially race and education. Moreover, sufficiency concerns strongly predict work-family conflict, even when other controls are included. This research furthers our understanding of work-family conflict and the winners and losers in the New Economy

Economic growth · Economic Security · Economics · Family economy · Family life · Inequality · Job insecurity · Job security · Perception · Sociology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges

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Unique citing works3
Citations per year0,23
Citation span2013 - 2020 (8)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 2
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