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Harriet B. Presser
Professor of Sociology and Director of the
Center on Population, Gender, and Social Inequality, Department
of Sociology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Amy G. Cox
Graduate student in sociology, University of
Maryland, College Park, MD
In light of the 1996 Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, researchers and policymakers are unclear about its impact on various demographic groups. This article examines the work schedules of low-educated employed mothers in the United States. It focuses on potential problems that need to be considered when one assesses the feasibility of welfare reform. It shows that low-educated employed mothers have a higher prevalence of working nonstandard hours and days, nonfixed daytime schedules, and weekends than do their more educated counterparts. Thus, welfare reform will have to consider improving the fit between the availability of child care and these working mothers’ schedules.
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