More than one-fifth of employed persons with disabilities work late or rotating shifts, about the same as nondisabled workers. Day workers with disabilities receive lower hourly wages than nondisabled workers. Except for men, nonday workers with disabilities receive wages similar to their nondisabled counterparts. (Contains 27 references.)…

Reveals a high prevalence of shift work among mothers aged 18 to 44 with a preschool-aged child. Marital status is found to be a determinant of shift-work status for full-timers. Examines the relationship between shift-work status and child-care use showing primary reliance on father care for mothers employed non-days. (Author/ABB)

Low-educated employed mothers have a higher prevalence of working nonstandard hours and days, nonfixed daytime schedules, and weekends than do their more educated counterparts. Welfare reformers will have to consider improving the fit between the availability of child care and these working mothers' schedules. (Author)

Examined married dual-earner parents of children under five years old who participated in 1984 wave of National Longitudinal Survey of Labor Market Experience, Youth Cohort. Found that reliance on spouses for child care when dual-earner couples were employed was much higher when respondents worked non-days rather than days. Found high rate of…