TY - JOUR
T1 - Work-Family Spillover Among Dual-Earner Couples
AU - Altobelli, Joyce
AU - Moen, Phyllis
N1 - Funding Information:
Support for this chapter was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the National Institute on Aging
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - A key advance in understanding the work-family interface is evidence of the transfer ("crossover") of negative spillover between spouses, yet few studies have attempted to examine spillover as a couple-level phenomenon. We use the Ecology of Careers longitudinal data on dual-earner couples (N=1,168) to (a) identify work-family spillover patterns among middle-class couples; (b) examine pattern stability over time; and (c) develop predictive models for these patterns. We find that wives typically report more positive and negative work spillover than their husbands, but positive family spillover varies little among these households. Using latent cluster analysis we show that negative family and work spillover (as well as positive work spillover) do cluster into three identifiable patterns, each having different predictors.
AB - A key advance in understanding the work-family interface is evidence of the transfer ("crossover") of negative spillover between spouses, yet few studies have attempted to examine spillover as a couple-level phenomenon. We use the Ecology of Careers longitudinal data on dual-earner couples (N=1,168) to (a) identify work-family spillover patterns among middle-class couples; (b) examine pattern stability over time; and (c) develop predictive models for these patterns. We find that wives typically report more positive and negative work spillover than their husbands, but positive family spillover varies little among these households. Using latent cluster analysis we show that negative family and work spillover (as well as positive work spillover) do cluster into three identifiable patterns, each having different predictors.
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U2 - 10.1016/S1040-2608(07)12013-X
DO - 10.1016/S1040-2608(07)12013-X
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:67651146402
SN - 1040-2608
VL - 12
SP - 361
EP - 382
JO - Advances in Life Course Research
JF - Advances in Life Course Research
ER -