Fathers and work
Paid work has previously been a barrier to greater involvement in family life. Are fathers still working long hours or working in the evenings or at week-ends? What patterns do modern fathers work?
Paid work has previously been a barrier to greater involvement in family life. Are fathers still working long hours or working in the evenings or at week-ends? What patterns do modern fathers work?
The number of fathers working long hours - 48 hours or more per week - fell between 2001 and 2011 from 40% to 31%.
There has been a marked decline in the proportion of fathers working evenings, nights or weekends.
This report looks at inequalities in access to paid maternity and paternity leave and flexible work
This paper looks at parents' average working hours and long working hours and how this has changed.
This paper investigates the changing proportion of parents across Europe who want to work more hours than they currently do.
This paper looks at the proportion of parents working shift work, evening work, night work and weekend work.
This paper updates earlier research into working patterns, covering more countries - 17 countries up from 8 - and extending the analysis from 2011 to 2013.
A brief summary explaining classifications, definitions, country groupings, data and methods used.