Everyone is very busy
Data from the UC Work and Family survey on hours worked each week on professional duties, providing care to others, and household activities suggest that women faculty ages 30 to 50, with children, are experiencing a time bind more than are other groups. These mothers log on average more than 100 hours a week on the combined activities, easily outpacing men ages 30 to 50, with children, who nonetheless register an impressive 88 hours a week. UC men and women without children are also very busy but not nearly as busy, topping around 78 hours a week. Given these types of time demands, women doctoral candidates, post-doctoral fellows, and assistant professors without children within the UC system must wonder how easy it would be to reconcile the demands of both career and parenting.
Robert M. Gray, September 12, 2004
