Single and married staff average the same 48-hour work week. Single newspeople are almost as likely as married ones to have been divorced. Single TV news staff are about half as likely as the married ones to say they've had marital problems related to their jobs. Indeed, Table 1 shows such problems reported by slightly more singles than had been divorced. And for one single anchorwoman, it was having an affair with her married supervisor.
Single workers are more mobile.
Problems in Personal Lives Job-related personal problems of single TV news staff mostly center around difficulties in personal relationships. The cluster of responses coded for Table 2 show odd hours, long hours, stress carried over from work, and moving to new markets all working against developing and maintaining relationships. Married newspeople are less afflicted. They match the single only in problems of job stress, money and celebrity status. Being a local celebrity is good for the ego, but sometimes bad for personal life.