Gender, work-home conflict, and morbidity amongst white-collar bank employees in the United Kingdom.
Most research on work-home conflict focuses solely on women. This study compares men and women's perceptions of the extent to which paid work interferes with family life, and examines associations between work-home conflict and health. Data were collected from 2,176 full-time white-collar employees of a British bank. We did not find any significant gender differences in perceptions of work-home conflict. However, predictors of work-home conflict did vary by gender; having children and being in a senior position were more strongly related to work-home conflict for women than for men, while working unsociable hours was more important for men than for women. Work-home conflict was strongly associated with reporting fair or poor self-assessed health, a high number of reported physical symptoms and minor psychological morbidity (GHQ-12). These associations were equally strong for men and women. Our results suggest that work-home conflict is a problem for men as well as women.
Emslie
Carol
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Medical Research Council Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom. c.emslie@msoc.mrc.gla.ac.uk
Hunt
Kate
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Macintyre
Sally
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D000328:Adult; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D006113:United Kingdom; D014931:Women, Working / Q000523:psychology*