Work-Family Conflict and Self-Rated Health: the Role of Gender and Educational Level. Baseline Data from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil).Show others and affiliations
2016 (English)In: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, ISSN 1070-5503, E-ISSN 1532-7558, Vol. 23, no 3, p. 372-382Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
PURPOSE: This study examined gender differences in the association between work-family conflict and self-rated health and evaluated the effect of educational attainment.
METHOD: We used baseline data from ELSA-Brasil, a cohort study of civil servants from six Brazilian state capitals. Our samples included 12,017 active workers aged 34-72 years. Work-family conflict was measured by four indicators measuring effects of work on family, effects of family in work and lack of time for leisure and personal care.
RESULTS: Women experienced more frequent work-family conflict, but in both genders, increased work-family conflict directly correlated with poorer self-rated health. Women's educational level interacted with three work-family conflict indicators. For time-based effects of work on family, highly educated women had higher odds of suboptimal self-rated health (OR = 1.54; 95 % CI = 1.19-1.99) than less educated women (OR = 1.14; 95 % CI = 0.92-1.42). For strain-based effects of work on family, women with higher and lower education levels had OR = 1.91 (95 % CI 1.48-2.47) and OR = 1.40 (95 % CI 1.12-1.75), respectively. For lack of time for leisure and personal care, women with higher and lower education levels had OR = 2.60 (95 % CI = 1.95-3.47) and OR = 1.11 (95 % CI = 0.90-1.38), respectively.
CONCLUSION: Women's education level affects the relationship between work-family conflict and self-rated health. The results may contribute to prevention activities.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2016. Vol. 23, no 3, p. 372-382
Keywords [en]
ELSA-Brasil cohort study, Educational level, Gender, Self-rated health, Work and family conflict
National Category
Medical and Health Sciences Health Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-46104DOI: 10.1007/s12529-015-9523-xISI: 000376033200015PubMedID: 26597924Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84947929629OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-46104DiVA, id: diva2:1370640
2019-11-152019-11-152020-03-10Bibliographically approved