Research by the National Centre for Social Research found that one in three families in the UK had a parent who regularly worked at the weekend.
The study, based on data from the Labour Force Survey (1992 to 2003), found that two-parent families are more likely to have a parent working at the weekend than one-parent families. In 4 percent of families, both parents work at weekends.
Michael Clark, chief executive of the Relationships Foundation, the charity that commissioned the research for its Keep Time for Children initiative promoting family life, said he was concerned about the impact of this new 'time famine'.
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