Educational gradients in nonstandard work schedules among mothers and fathers in the United Kingdom

Background: Mothers’ and fathers’ participation in nonstandard employment across children’s lives is not well understood the United Kingdom. Objective: The first objective to describe prevalence of work schedules (e.g., evenings, weekends, nights) among employed mothers fathers using longitudinal data. second document education gradient parental over decade a child’s life. Methods: Linear probability models predict schedules, adjusting for demographic variables, at each survey wave by parent, five waves Millennium Cohort Study. Results: Employed with less than NVQ2 (or high school) were most likely childhood. Among fathers, there was little difference working education. common type shift (30%‒36%) (nearly 42%‒46%) evening work. Mothers NVQ4 or more (college degree higher) regularly all ages. Night working, least schedule, did differ both parents. weekend Contribution: This article documents pervasiveness employment, which has received attention UK; finds that contingent on schedule; critically incorporates information about schedules.