Most Popular Downloads from the Sloan Work and Family Research Network

Judi Casey September 16th, 2009

We just finished our Year 2 (July 1, 2008-June 30, 2009) report for the Sloan Foundation. It’s been a great year! Traffic to the Network website has tripled over the past year to over 300,000 unique visitors and over 550,000 page views (compared to 104,318 visits last year, when our visits doubled from the previous year). Through direct outreach and site traffic, we added 682 new affiliates. Lastly, we received two Apex Awards for our high-quality monthly newsletter, the Network News.

According to Google Analytics, the top five downloaded documents were:

Flexible Work Schedules Fact Sheet, a compilation of stats in Q&A format by topic, answers the following questions:
- Are workers satisfied with their work-family balance?
- How do families deal with the work-family time crunch?
- Do workers have access to flexible work schedules?
- Much more!
Effective Workplace Series: Flexible Work Schedule, a one-page summary of our Topic Page, considers:
- Why are organizations implementing flexible work schedules?
- What are the benefits of flexible work schedules?
- Why are flexible work schedules an important workplace issue?
Women in the Workplace Fact Sheet focuses on
- How many women are in the workforce?
- Where are women working?
- What is the impact of women in leadership positions?
Generation X/Generation Y Fact Sheet looks at
- How have gender roles in the workforce and at home changed for Generation X and Generation Y?
- How does Generation Y make employment decisions?
- What does Generation Y expect from and value about their careers?
Changing Definition of Families Fact Sheet explores
- How have families changed?
- How have marriage trends changed?
- What do we know about households today?