Occupational balance, work and life satisfaction in working cohabiting parents in Sweden
Håkansson, Carita LU
; Milevi, Sophia
; Eek, Frida
LU
; Oudin, Anna
LU
and Wagman, Petra
(2019)
In Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
47(3).
p.366-374
- Abstract
Introduction: Occupational balance is the experience of having the right amount and right variation between work, domestic work, leisure, rest, and sleep. There is limited knowledge about which factors predict parents’ combined occupational balance, and if the combined occupational balance is associated with work and life satisfaction. Aim: The first aim was to explore whether domestic work and childcare at baseline predicted combined occupational balance at follow-up among working cohabiting parents. The second aim was to explore associations between different combinations of occupational balance, and work and life satisfaction at follow-up. Method: A sample of 139 cohabiting parents responded to a questionnaire. Cohabiting parents can... (More)
Introduction: Occupational balance is the experience of having the right amount and right variation between work, domestic work, leisure, rest, and sleep. There is limited knowledge about which factors predict parents’ combined occupational balance, and if the combined occupational balance is associated with work and life satisfaction. Aim: The first aim was to explore whether domestic work and childcare at baseline predicted combined occupational balance at follow-up among working cohabiting parents. The second aim was to explore associations between different combinations of occupational balance, and work and life satisfaction at follow-up. Method: A sample of 139 cohabiting parents responded to a questionnaire. Cohabiting parents can experience their occupational balance differently, and in the present study their experiences were divided into high and low after the median. The parents’ balance was then combined in terms of high-high, high-low and low-low. Associations between childcare, domestic work, work and life satisfaction, and combined occupational balance were analysed with multinomial logistic regression analyses. Results: Satisfaction with the division of domestic work predicted a high-high occupational balance in parent couples. Associations were found between high-high as well as high-low combined occupational balance and life satisfaction, and between high-high occupational balance and work satisfaction. Conclusions: It seems important for both parents in a couple to experience satisfaction with the division of domestic work to experience high occupational balance as well as work and life satisfaction.
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- Håkansson, Carita
LU
; Milevi, Sophia
; Eek, Frida
LU
; Oudin, Anna
LU
and Wagman, Petra
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- publishing date
- 2019-02-28
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
- subject
- keywords
- Childcare, cohabiting couples, domestic work, work-life balance
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- Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
- volume
- 47
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 366 - 374
- publisher
- SAGE Publications
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- scopus:85062466930
- pmid:30813858
- ISSN
- 1403-4948
- DOI
- 10.1177/1403494819828870
- project
- Att vara yrkesarbetande och småbarnsförälder - vilka arbetsplatsrelaterade faktorer kan leda till ökat välbefinnande och minskad stress?
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- English
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- 24aba3a3-eaf3-4e1f-9156-eb296be5916b
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