The impact of unwaged domestic work on the duration and timing of sleep of female nurses working full-time on rotating 3-shift rosters.

Nurses without child care responsibilities recorded significantly more sleep than those with such responsibilities.

• The study involved 16 experienced female shift workers divided into three family type groups.
• Nurses with child care responsibilities had a significantly earlier rise time and shorter total sleep duration during afternoon shifts.
• Self-reported sleep diaries were used to collect data over 28 days.
• Sleep patterns were found to be influenced by the time constraints of both domestic and waged work.

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