The Association between Working Environments and Parenting Burden in Women Workers

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the association between working environments and parenting burden in women workers. Methods: A total of 1,033 married women were selected from the database of the 7th Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and Family (KLoWF). Parenting burden and working environments were calculated based on responses of the KLoWF. Univariate and multivariate analyses ware performed to assess the crude and adjusted associations using PASW 18.0. Results: There was an independently positive association between excessive working (b = 0.37, p < 0.001), irregular working (b = 0.17, p < 0.001), temporal oppression on workload (b = 0.08, p = 0.011) and parenting burden in women workers after adjusting for socio-demographics. Conclusions: This study suggests that working environments are important factors for parenting burden in women workers. The findings of this study will be helpful to policy makers to design plans to decrease the parenting burden in women workers.

Multifaceted Work-to-Life Negative Spillover and Depressive Symptoms among Working Women: The Moderating Effect of Social Activities Satisfaction

“…Current data revealed that working women with existence of work-to-life negative spillover showed significantly high depressive symptoms. This result is in line with the findings of other studies reporting significant association between work-to-life negative spillover and depression [ 20 , 21 , 22 ]. A cross-sectional study conducted among U.S female employees showed that work-to-life negative spillover was associated with development psychiatric disorders such as anxiety, depression, and substance dependence [ 20 ].…”

“…Another study conducted among female workers in Switzerland reported that negative perception of spillover between work and life was related with depressive mood [ 21 ]. From these results, it can be seen that the degree of disturbance in life due to work and the lack of time allotted for housework or childcare are important factors that cause psychological burden on working women worldwide [ 22 ].…”

The Association between Job Quality Profiles and Work-Life Balance among Female Employees in Korea: A Latent Profile Analysis

“…In 2019, the hourly wage of female wage workers was 69.4% of that of men, and while the gender gap is narrowing, the wages of female workers are still lower compared to those of male workers [ 21 ]. Excessive working hours, irregular working time, and work-related time pressure can increase the burden of raising children [ 22 ], and job stressors such as a high job burden and low job autonomy may lead to work-life imbalance [ 23 ]. In particular, for female employees, research findings have indicated that the higher the physical demand, the more work-life conflict experienced [ 24 ].…”