Table 1 Indicators of time- and strain-based and aggregate work-life conflict (WLC) among 20-64 year old employees in Switzerland
Dimensions/indicators (categories) | Â | Men | Women | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Score | N1) | %2) | N1) | %2) | N1) | %2) |
Time-based WLC | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
| Â | 0 | 367 | 19.2 | 605 | 28.0 | 972 | 23.3 |
   How strongly does your work interfere | 1-3 | 520 | 23.6 | 564 | 24.3 | 1084 | 23.9 |
   with your private life and family | 4-6 | 715 | 33.4 | 692 | 29.8 | 1407 | 31.7 |
   obligations more than you would like? | 7-10 | 481 | 23.8 | 411 | 17.9 | 892 | 21.0 |
Strain-based WLC | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
| Â | 0 | 560 | 28.9 | 755 | 35.0 | 1315 | 31.8 |
   How difficult do you find it to | 1-3 | 688 | 31.7 | 631 | 27.1 | 1319 | 29.5 |
   disconnect from work when the | 4-6 | 532 | 25.2 | 572 | 24.6 | 1104 | 24.9 |
   work day is over? | 7-10 | 301 | 14.3 | 317 | 13.4 | 618 | 13.9 |
Level/degree of combined time- and | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
strain-based WLC | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Inexistent | 0 | 213 | 11.2 | 362 | 17.0 | 575 | 13.9 |
   Very low | 1-4 | 396 | 18.3 | 491 | 21.7 | 887 | 19.9 |
   Low | 5-8 | 675 | 32.1 | 674 | 29.4 | 1349 | 30.9 |
   Moderate | 9-12 | 510 | 24.5 | 476 | 20.9 | 986 | 22.8 |
   High | 13-16 | 256 | 12.6 | 222 | 9.3 | 478 | 11.0 |
   Very high | 17-20 | 29 | 1.3 | 43 | 1.7 | 72 | 1.5 |