Unequal time: gender, class, and family in employment schedules

Unpredictability and unequal control in a web of time

Concepts and methods

The context: occupations and organizations

Setting the official schedule

Unpredictability and churning: is there a fixed schedule?

Adding time to the official schedule

Taking time off: sick leaves and vacations

Families and jobs: creating and responding to unpredictability

Unequal families: class shapes women's responses to unpredictability

Unequal families: class shapes men's responses to unpredictability

Strategies to address unpredictability

Finding solutions in the web of time: coworkers

The push of the family and the pull of the job

Inequality and the normal unpredictability of time.