Aug 31, 2007

As Labor Day approaches, why does it feel like we’re working harder every year? … Moreover, the labor force is now dominated by two-worker families, leaving less time for child rearing and housekeeping duties that haven’t gone away. People report working almost 10 hours more per week than their ideal, said Arne Kalleberg, a sociology professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Married employees “are working three jobs — two in the workplace and one at home,” he said.

This article (“Some are working longer”) appears in the August 30, 2007 edition of The State (Columbia, S.C.).

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