Canadians struggling to fight time crunch

Research shows that people who work non-standard hours are less healthy, suffer from higher levels of psychological distress, experience greater depressive symptoms, greater relationship conflict, and lower life satisfaction. Evening work is particularly bad for the children of evening workers since...

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Published inMoose Jaw times herald
Main Author Romanow, Roy J
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Moose Jaw, Sask 23.06.2010
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Canadians
Child care
Leisure
Canada
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Summary:Research shows that people who work non-standard hours are less healthy, suffer from higher levels of psychological distress, experience greater depressive symptoms, greater relationship conflict, and lower life satisfaction. Evening work is particularly bad for the children of evening workers since the lessened contact reduces the parent's ability to support the child's development and secure child care. The past several years have seen an ongoing shift away from funding for public agencies and non-profit, voluntary organizations responsible for the provision of arts, culture and leisure programs, services, facilities, and other opportunities. Since 1990, community per capita spending on arts, culture and leisure has failed to keep pace with inflation or population increases.
ISSN:0841-6729