Racing Through Life: The Distribution of Time Pressures by Roles and Role Resources Among Full-Time Workers

The intent of this paper is to provide a more detailed answer to the question “who are the time pressured?” than has previously been available. Data was gathered through a telephone survey of residents of the Northeast Ohio region, yielding a sample of 734 full-time workers. Results indicate that the affluent are more time pressured, although education is associated with higher time pressures only among women. High time pressures are related to the number of roles occupied but the nature of experience within these roles—the type of volunteer work, job characteristics, the amount of housework done by a spouse, and satisfaction with daycare arrangements—are important for understanding the relationship between everyday lived experience and high time pressures.