Work/Family Balance Survey Statistics at Survelum Public Data Bank |
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Demographics |
Age? | ||
Under 21 | (5; 11%) | |
21 - 22 | (18; 39%) | |
23 - 25 | (7; 15%) | |
26 - 30 | (10; 22%) | |
31 - 35 | (3; 7%) | |
36 - 40 | (0; 0%) | |
41 - 45 | (0; 0%) | |
46 - 50 | (1; 2%) | |
Above 50 | (1; 2%) | |
Not Checked | (1; 2%) |
Ethnicity/Race/Nationality? | ||
African American | (17; 37%) | |
Asian American | (1; 2%) | |
European American | (19; 41%) | |
Hispanic American | (4; 9%) | |
Native American | (0; 0%) | |
Other | (5; 11%) |
If Other to previous question, then please specify. | |
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Your highest completed level of education? | ||
Less than high school | (2; 4%) | |
High school diploma or GED | (5; 11%) | |
Some college | (22; 48%) | |
Associates degree | (2; 4%) | |
Bachelors degree | (13; 28%) | |
Masters degree | (1; 2%) | |
Doctorates degree | (0; 0%) | |
Other | (1; 2%) |
If Other to previous question, then please specify. | |
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Work/Family Balance |
Do you wish to provide your own definitions of work/family balance and/or the second shift? | |
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A perfect work/family balance can be achieved. | ||
Yes | (18; 39%) | |
Yes, for a few, not all, couples/partners | (14; 30%) | |
Yes, but only for those with certain jobs/careers | (4; 9%) | |
No | (4; 9%) | |
Do not know | (6; 13%) |
A second shift is always a full-time affair in a house with young children. | ||
Yes | (29; 63%) | |
Yes, for a few, not all, couples/partners | (9; 20%) | |
Yes, but only for those with certain jobs/careers | (2; 4%) | |
No | (4; 9%) | |
Do not know | (1; 2%) | |
Not Checked | (1; 2%) |
Which factors do you think have significantly changed the work/family balance over the last 10 to 30 years? | ||
More mothers are in paid employment | (35; 76%) | |
More young families do not have older relatives living under the same roof to help care for the children | (10; 22%) | |
Rising cost of living force both parents into paid employment | (26; 57%) | |
More Americans are working more hours per week | (19; 41%) | |
More Americans feel daily pressures more than ever before | (13; 28%) | |
Other | (7; 15%) |
If Other to previous question, then please specify. | |
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Which factors do you think have made the second shift more common? | ||
More mothers are in paid employment | (16; 35%) | |
More young families do not have older relatives living under the same roof to help care for the children | (3; 7%) | |
Rising cost of living force both parents into paid employment | (14; 30%) | |
More Americans are working more hours per week | (3; 7%) | |
Husbands still not doing their fair share of domestic work | (5; 11%) | |
Other | (4; 9%) | |
Not Checked | (1; 2%) |
If Other to previous question, then please specify. | |
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Who holds the most responsibilities for work inside the home (domestic work)? | ||
Housewife/Domestic mother | (15; 33%) | |
Wife/Paid employment mother | (22; 48%) | |
Husband/paid employment father | (0; 0%) | |
Househusband/Domestic father | (0; 0%) | |
Older children | (0; 0%) | |
Other | (0; 0%) | |
Tasks were nearly evenly divided among parents and/or children | (3; 7%) | |
Do not know | (4; 9%) | |
Not Checked | (2; 4%) |
Who held the most responsibilities for work inside the home(domestic work) inside your home during your childhood/teenage years? | ||
Housewife/Domestic mother | (13; 28%) | |
Wife/Paid employment mother | (16; 35%) | |
Husband/paid employment father | (1; 2%) | |
Househusband/Domestic father | (0; 0%) | |
Older children | (5; 11%) | |
Tasks were nearly evenly divided among parents and/or children | (4; 9%) | |
Other | (2; 4%) | |
Do not know | (2; 4%) | |
Not Checked | (3; 7%) |
Did your father and/or mother work outside the home? | ||
Father | (10; 22%) | |
Mother | (4; 9%) | |
Father and mother | (25; 54%) | |
Neither | (3; 7%) | |
Do not know | (1; 2%) | |
Not Checked | (3; 7%) |
Do you plan to be in paid employment or are you presently in paid employment? | ||
Yes | (39; 85%) | |
Yes, but only for a few years | (3; 7%) | |
No | (0; 0%) | |
Do not know | (1; 2%) | |
Not Checked | (3; 7%) |
What factor would cause you to not work outside the home in paid employment? | ||
Having children | (7; 15%) | |
Health reasons | (20; 43%) | |
Can do paid employment in my home | (5; 11%) | |
Change of skills or jobs | (1; 2%) | |
Pursuing an education | (5; 11%) | |
Other | (4; 9%) | |
Do not know | (2; 4%) | |
Not Checked | (2; 4%) |
If Other to previous question, please specify. | |
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I think that domestic work is as important as paid employment outside the home. | ||
Yes | (36; 78%) | |
No, unless domestic work brings in an income | (4; 9%) | |
No | (1; 2%) | |
Do not know | (2; 4%) | |
Not Checked | (3; 7%) |
Domestic work is just as hard and stressful as paid employment work outside the home. | ||
Yes | (25; 54%) | |
Depends on the nature of the paid employment job | (14; 30%) | |
No | (4; 9%) | |
Do not know | (1; 2%) | |
Not Checked | (2; 4%) |
More women would work outside the home if employers provide quality daycare. | ||
Yes | (35; 76%) | |
No | (1; 2%) | |
Do not know | (7; 15%) | |
Not Checked | (3; 7%) |
The government should compensate working mothers financially for their work inside the home (domestic work). | ||
Yes | (12; 26%) | |
No | (24; 52%) | |
Do not know | (7; 15%) | |
Not Checked | (3; 7%) |
Working husbands/male partners should not be held responsible for any domestic labor performed by stay-at-home wives/female partners. | ||
Yes | (4; 9%) | |
No | (30; 65%) | |
Do not know | (10; 22%) | |
Not Checked | (2; 4%) |
Men and women will be held equally responsible for work inside the home? | ||
Yes | (36; 78%) | |
No | (7; 15%) | |
Do not know | (1; 2%) | |
Not Checked | (2; 4%) |
Any comments? | |
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