Work-Life

2010 UK@Work Survey Results

Household and Dependent Care Status

Many faculty (49%) and staff (51%) have spouses/partners employed full-time. Among faculty, 5% of spouses/partners live in separate communities. Thirteen percent (13%) of faculty and nearly one-third (29%) of staff do not have a spouse or partner. Among staff, 14% have another paid job outside of UK for which they generally work 1-10 hour per week.

Parenting

Forty-two percent (42%) of faculty and 37% of staff currently have at least one child  under 18 years of age living with them. Seventeen percent (17%) of faculty and 19% of staff plan to have a child or adopt in the next three to four years. Staff indicated that finding affordable childcare was the greatest challenge.

Among both faculty and staff, finding

  • quality,
  • reliable child care and
  • emergency back-up care are the most pressing challenges.

Adult Dependent Care

Approximately one tenth of faculty (11%) and staff (12%) currently provide care for adult dependents. Nearly one quarter of faculty (24%) and staff (26%) expect to be providing care in the next three to four years.  Among those providing care, 50% of faculty and 38% of staff spend 1-5 hours per week while 12% of faculty and 21% of staff spend over 20 hours per week providing care.

The greatest difficulties are caring for an older adult who lives far away and finding

  • affordable
  • quality resources.

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