University of California Faculty Work and Family Survey

This survey concerns how faculty meet their work and family responsibilities. Although some questions are specific to faculty with children, many of the questions can be answered by everyone. Your answers will help the University of California design better work and family policies.

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A. Work and Family Questions for All Faculty

1.	In the past year, what is the average** number of hours per week you have spent on each of the following activities? Rough estimates are fine (there are 168 hours in a week).**

	Weekly Activities	Average hours per week?
a.	Professional work (e.g. teaching, research, writing, committee or departmental meetings, conferences)
b.	Housework and home maintenance ( e.g. shopping, cooking, cleaning, laundry, paying bills)
c.	Caregiving (e.g. meeting the needs of children or teenagers, spouse/partner, elders, friends, other family members)

2.	This question describes four family-friendly policies at UC. Please indicate whether you have heard of these policies.

	Family-Friendly Policies	Have you heard of these policies?
	Family-Friendly Policies	Yes	No
a.	UC faculty with a "substantial responsibility for the care of an infant, or of a newly adopted child or fostered child under five" may request and be granted temporary relief from teaching duties (e.g. full or partial teaching relief for a semester or more).
b.	Assistant professors with "substantial responsibility for the care of a newborn child or a newly adopted child under the age of five" may stop the tenure clock for up to one year per child.
c.	Pregnant UC faculty are entitled to at least six weeks of paid leave to be taken prior to, during, and/or after childbirth.
d.	Any faculty member may be granted up to one year of unpaid leave to care for their child, their spouse's child, or the child of their domestic partner.

		Yes	No
3.	Since you joined the faculty of University of California, have you ever had substantial responsibility for raising one or more children under eighteen?

If you answered "no" to Question 3, please click here to skip to question 18.

B. Questions for Faculty Who Have Raised or Are Raising Children

For each child that you have raised or parented, please enter their birth month and year (or month and year they entered your household if the child is adopted or is a stepchild), their connection to you, and your marital or relationship status at the time the child entered the household. Indicate what work arrangements (if any) you undertook at that time (please check all that apply).

Warning: You may have to scroll over to the right to see this entire table.

Children (youngest to oldest)

Month of birth or entry into the household

Year of birth or entry into the household

Relationship of child to you¹

Marital or relationship status at time of birth or entry into household of child

Took sab-
batical?

Took other paid leave?

Took unpaid leave?

Stopped tenure clock?

Received relief from teaching duties?

Made other work arrange ments?²

Youngest Child

	Relationship?
	Biological Child
	Adopted Child
	Stepchild
	Other

	Status?
	Married
	Partnered
	Divorced
	Separated
	Widowed
	Single

	Amount?
	none
	0-7 days
	1-2 weeks
	2-3 weeks
	3-4 weeks
	4-5 weeks
	5-6 weeks
	6-9 weeks
	9-12 weeks
	12+ weeks

	Amount?
	none
	0-7 days
	1-2 weeks
	2-3 weeks
	3-4 weeks
	4-5 weeks
	5-6 weeks
	6-9 weeks
	9-12 weeks
	3-4 months
	5-6 months
	6-9 months
	9-12 month
	12+ months

2nd Youngest Child

	Relationship?
	Biological Child
	Adopted Child
	Stepchild
	Other

	Status?
	Married
	Partnered
	Divorced
	Separated
	Widowed
	Single

	Amount?
	none
	0-7 days
	1-2 weeks
	2-3 weeks
	3-4 weeks
	4-5 weeks
	5-6 weeks
	6-9 weeks
	9-12 weeks
	12+ weeks

	Amount?
	none
	0-7 days
	1-2 weeks
	2-3 weeks
	3-4 weeks
	4-5 weeks
	5-6 weeks
	6-9 weeks
	9-12 weeks
	3-4 months
	5-6 months
	6-9 months
	9-12 month
	12+ months

3rd Youngest Child

	Relationship?
	Biological Child
	Adopted Child
	Stepchild
	Other

	Status?
	Married
	Partnered
	Divorced
	Separated
	Widowed
	Single

	Amount?
	none
	0-7 days
	1-2 weeks
	2-3 weeks
	3-4 weeks
	4-5 weeks
	5-6 weeks
	6-9 weeks
	9-12 weeks
	12+ weeks

	Amount?
	none
	0-7 days
	1-2 weeks
	2-3 weeks
	3-4 weeks
	4-5 weeks
	5-6 weeks
	6-9 weeks
	9-12 weeks
	3-4 months
	5-6 months
	6-9 months
	9-12 month
	12+ months

4th Youngest Child

	Relationship?
	Biological Child
	Adopted Child
	Stepchild
	Other

	Status?
	Married
	Partnered
	Divorced
	Separated
	Widowed
	Single

	Amount?
	none
	0-7 days
	1-2 weeks
	2-3 weeks
	3-4 weeks
	4-5 weeks
	5-6 weeks
	6-9 weeks
	9-12 weeks
	12+ weeks

	Amount?
	none
	0-7 days
	1-2 weeks
	2-3 weeks
	3-4 weeks
	4-5 weeks
	5-6 weeks
	6-9 weeks
	9-12 weeks
	3-4 months
	5-6 months
	6-9 months
	9-12 month
	12+ months

¹If you marked "other" relationship of child to you, please describe the relationship(s) here:

²If you marked "other" work arrangements, please describe them here:

		Yes	No
	Did you have twins or multiples?

5.	Faculty members sometimes find that their responsibilities as parents conflict with their work obligations. How much tension or stress, if any, have you experienced in your parenting as a result of demands placed on you by any of the following types of work?

		A great deal	Some	A little	None	Not applicable
a.	Conducting time-sensitive laboratory experiments
b.	Doing fieldwork or field research away from home
c.	Attending conferences or giving conference papers
d.	Writing and publishing
e.	Rehearsing or performing
f.	Meeting teaching obligations
g.	Attending seminars, colloquia, or departmental and committee meetings
h.	Other

If "other," please specify.

Family-Friendly Policies

Under Active Service Modified Duties, (ASMD), first implemented in 1988, UC faculty who have "substantial responsibility for the care of a newborn child or child under age five placed for adoption or foster care" may upon request be granted a temporary relief from duties (normally partial or full relief from teaching).

Yes

No

6.
Have you ever requested or been offered relief from teaching duties because you, your spouse, or your partner were having, adopting or fostering a child under five?

If you answered "no" to question 6, please click here to skip to question 9.

7.
If your ASMD request was granted, from which of the following duties were you relieved and to what extent?

Duty

How much were you relieved from this duty?

Teaching regular classes (do not include directed individual or group study courses)

Received Relief?

Full Relief

Partial Relief

No Relief

Not Applicable

Committee meetings

Received Relief?

Full Relief

Partial Relief

No Relief

Not Applicable

Meeting with graduate students

Received Relief?

Full Relief

Partial Relief

No Relief

Not Applicable

Other campus obligations

Received Relief?

Full Relief

Partial Relief

No Relief

Not Applicable

Yes

No

8.
Were you ever denied a request for relief from teaching duties when you, your spouse, or your partner had a newborn or newly adopted child under five?

If you answered "yes" to question 8, what reasons were given for the denial?

9.
If at any time since you started working at the University of California you had the option to request relief from teaching duties in order to care for your children, but chose not to do so, please indicate which of the following reasons contributed to your decision not to use the policy.

Major reason

Minor reason

Not a reason

Not applicable

a.

I chose not to use the policy because I felt it would place an undue burden on my colleagues.

b.

I chose not to use the policy because I feared it would have led to a heavier teaching load later.

c.

I chose not to use the policy because it might have hurt my chances for tenure or promotion.

d.

I chose not to use the policy because I did not need the time.

e.

I did not know about the policy.

f.

I was not the primary caregiver to the child so it was unnecessary.

g.

The policy did not yet exist at the time I could have used it.

h.

I chose not to use the policy because of another reason.

If "another reason" was important in your decision not to use the policy, please describe it:

Another option for tenure-track faculty who become parents is stopping the tenure clock for up to one year for each new child (but for no more than two years total).

Yes

No

10.
Have you ever stopped the tenure clock under this policy?

If you have never requested tenure clock stoppage since you started working at the University of California, please click here to skip to question 12.

Yes

No

11.
Were you ever denied a request to stop the tenure clock?

If you answered "yes" to question 11, what reasons were given for the denial?

12.
If at any time since you started working at the University of California, you had the option to request a tenure clock stoppage but chose not to do so, please indicate which of the following reasons contributed to your decision not to use the policy.

Major reason

Minor reason

Not a reason

Not applicable

a.

I chose not to use the policy because some of my colleagues did not have the option to use the policy and I felt it would have been unfair.

b.

I chose not to use the policy because it would have made it more difficult to receive tenure.

c.

I chose not to use the policy because it might have hurt my career.

d.

I chose not to use the policy because I did not need the time.

e.

I did not know about the policy.

f.

I was not the primary caregiver to the child so it was unnecessary.

g.

The policy did not yet exist at the time I could have used it.

h.

I chose not to use the policy because of another reason.

If "another reason" was important in your decision not to use the policy, please describe it:

Childbearing leave is granted on request to an academic appointee, before, during, and after she gives birth to a child. Academic Senate members on childbearing leave may receive base pay for up to six weeks. Those who need additional leave for medical circumstances may request it.

Yes

No

13.
Since you started working at the University of California, have you ever been denied a request for paid leave to give birth to a child?

If you answered "yes" to question 13, what reasons were given for the denial?

The Chancellor may also grant academic appointees up to one year of unpaid parental leave to care for their own child, their spouse's child, or the child of their domestic partner. If this unpaid leave is combined with childbearing leave, family and medical leave or a period of Active Service-Modified Duties, the total period may not normally exceed one year for each birth or adoption.

Yes

No

14.
Since you started working at the University of California, have you ever been denied a request for unpaid leave to care for your child, or the child of your spouse or domestic partner?

If you answered "yes" to question 14, what reasons were given for the denial?

Yes

No

15.
At any time since you started working at the University of California, did you have the option to request paid leave for childbirth, but chose not to do so?

If you answered "yes" to question 15, please explain why you made this decision.

16.
The following statements describe situations or decisions often faced by faculty parents. Please indicate whether the statement accurately describes your past or present situation.

Yes

No

Partially accurate

Not sure

Not applicable

a.

I have slowed down or made sacrifices in my academic career in order to be a good parent.

b.

My daily schedule is flexible, which is helpful in raising children.

c.

I missed some of my children's

		Yes	No
6.	Have you ever requested or been offered relief from teaching duties because you, your spouse, or your partner were having, adopting or fostering a child under five?

		Yes	No
8.	Were you ever denied a request for relief from teaching duties when you, your spouse, or your partner had a newborn or newly adopted child under five?

		Major reason	Minor reason	Not a reason	Not applicable
a.	I chose not to use the policy because I felt it would place an undue burden on my colleagues.
b.	I chose not to use the policy because I feared it would have led to a heavier teaching load later.
c.	I chose not to use the policy because it might have hurt my chances for tenure or promotion.
d.	I chose not to use the policy because I did not need the time.
e.	I did not know about the policy.
f.	I was not the primary caregiver to the child so it was unnecessary.
g.	The policy did not yet exist at the time I could have used it.
h.	I chose not to use the policy because of another reason.

		Yes	No
10.	Have you ever stopped the tenure clock under this policy?

		Yes	No
11.	Were you ever denied a request to stop the tenure clock?

		Yes	No
13.	Since you started working at the University of California, have you ever been denied a request for paid leave to give birth to a child?

		Yes	No
14.	Since you started working at the University of California, have you ever been denied a request for unpaid leave to care for your child, or the child of your spouse or domestic partner?

		Yes	No
15.	At any time since you started working at the University of California, did you have the option to request paid leave for childbirth, but chose not to do so?

	If you answered "yes" to question 15, please explain why you made this decision.

		Yes	No	Partially accurate	Not sure	Not applicable
a.	I have slowed down or made sacrifices in my academic career in order to be a good parent.
b.	My daily schedule is flexible, which is helpful in raising children.
c.	I missed some of my children's