Many working parents in the United States are employed in jobs that expose them to challenging working conditions, including low wages, limited benefits, and unstable and unpredictable work schedules. A growing body of literature has documented the harmful impacts of unstable and unpredictable scheduling on workers and their families. We focus on the connection between parental exposure to such unstable and unpredictable scheduling practices and children’s asthma management. Although not all risk factors are fully understood, researchers have linked genetics, environment, and social conditions to adequate asthma control. To this end, we estimate the association between parental exposure to unstable and unpredictable scheduling practices in the service sector and children’s asthma control.
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