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Long working hours and health in Europe: Gender and welfare state differences in a context of economic crisis
Imma CortèsLucía ArtazcozFernando G. BenavidesHernán VargasXavier BartollVicenta Escribà-agüirCarme Borrellsubject
AdultEmploymentMaleWorking hoursHealth (social science)AdolescentHealth StatusDomestic workGeography Planning and DevelopmentVulnerabilityContext (language use)Stress03 medical and health sciencesSex Factors0302 clinical medicineSurveys and QuestionnairesHumans030212 general & internal medicineSociologySocioeconomicsMarket deregulationPolitical SystemsWork overloadFamily characteristicsPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthGenderWelfare stateMiddle Aged030210 environmental & occupational healthEuropeLong working hoursCross-Sectional StudiesEconomic RecessionFamily characteristicsPsychologicalFemaleDemographic economicsdescription
This article examines the relationship between moderately long working hours and health status in Europe. A cross-sectional study based on data from the 2010 European Working Conditions Survey (13,518 men and 9381 women) was performed. Working moderately long hours was consistently associated with poor health status and poor psychological wellbeing in countries with traditional family models, in both sexes in Liberal countries and primarily among women in Continental and Southern European countries. A combination of economic vulnerability, increasing labour market deregulation and work overload related to the combination of job and domestic work could explain these findings. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
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| 2016-01-01 |