Skip to main content

Table 2 Proportion of high or very high work-life conflict in different subgroups of the employed population aged 20-64 years in Switzerland

From: Work-life conflict and associations with work- and nonwork-related factors and with physical and mental health outcomes: a nationally representative cross-sectional study in Switzerland

 

Men

Women

 

%1)

p-value

%1)

p-value

Total study population

13.9

 

11.0

 

Demographics

    

   Age

    

20-29 years

8.8

< .001

12.4

≤ .05

30-39 years

15.3

 

10.7

 

40-49 years

16.7

 

10.8

 

50-64 years

12.8

 

10.4

 

   Education (highest level of education achieved)

    

(Incomplete) compulsory schooling

12.1

<. 001

8.5

<. 001

Apprenticeship, general training

10.7

 

9.1

 

Secondary (vocational, technical, matura)

16.8

 

11.5

 

University

17.0

 

17.1

 

Work life characteristics

    

   Management position (high job status)

    

yes

18.9

< .001

20.2

< .001

no

10.1

 

8.5

 

   Work hours (hours of paid work per week)

    

< 20 hours (part-time job)

2.7

< .001

5.4

< .001

20-39 hours (part-time job)

14.5

 

11.6

 

≥ 40 hours (full-time job)

14.3

 

15.1

 

   Variable work schedule

    

yes

15.4

< .001

12.7

< .001

no

11.9

 

9.2

 

   Regular overtime

    

yes

17.3

< .001

15.7

< .001

no

8.8

 

8.3

 

   Commuting time (one-way)

    

up to 30 minutes

13.0

< .001

10.6

< .001

31-60 minutes

12.5

 

11.2

 

more than 60 minutes

18.2

 

14.0

 

   Participation in decision-making (autonomy at work)

    

yes

16.0

< .001

12.1

< .01

no

8.7

 

9.4

 

   Job security

    

Very/quite secure job

13.0

< .001

10.3

≤ .05

A bit/very insecure job

19.7

 

15.2

 

Private life characteristics

    

   Living with dependent children

    

yes

17.4

< .001

10.5

> .05

no

11.4

 

11.2

 

   Having a long-term relationship

    

yes

14.6

< .01

10.9

> .05

no

9.9

 

11.2

 

   Housework/housekeeping (hours per week)

    

≤ 5 hours per week

15.6

≤ .05

10.8

< .001

6-20 hours per week

11.1

 

12.5

 

> 20 hours per week

10.3

 

8.2

 

Number of cases2)

2079

 

2268

 
  1. 1) weighted data; 2) unweighted data