Journal Article
| Perceptions of Employment, Domestic Work, and Leisure as Predictors of Health among Women and Men Author: Håkansson, Carita & Ahlborg Jr, Gunnar Published: 2009, August Volume: 17 Issue no: 3 Page number(s): 150-157 |
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| Background: The aims of this longitudinal study were to analyse whether perceptions of employment,
domestic work and leisure were predictors of health among women and men, and whether the
predictors revealed were the same for both genders. Method: A random sample comprising of 2,683
employees in public health care and social insurance off ices (2286 women and 397 men) in western
Sweden, answered a survey twice, within a two-year interval. Results: The results showed that
perceptions of low stress, good balance and high meaning in the occupations of everyday life predicted
both good self-rated health and balanced work attendance among women but not among men. For
men, the most important predictor of both good self-rated health and balanced work attendance was
low work place stress. Conclusion: The men seemed to have a better balance between employment,
domestic work, and leisure than the women. Furthermore, the results indicated that leisure might be
a more pronounced health protector for women than for men.
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