7/8/2004: Rise In Family Work Hours Leads Many Americans To Struggle To Balance Work and Family (Economic Policy Institute)

Excerpt: Surveys and media accounts suggest that many Americans are experiencing significant stress in trying to balance the often countervailing demands of work and family. Many of these families report feeling like they are working more hours than their parents did. The data on family work hours show that American families are in fact working more hours than in recent decades ...