Gender inequality in work location, childcare and work-life balance: Phase-specific differences throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Much research on the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates the unequal impact on men and women in many countries but empirical evidence on later stages of the pandemic remains limited. The objective of this paper is to study differences between men and women in work location, the relative division of childcare, and perceived work-life balance across and throughout different phases of the pandemic using six waves of probability-based survey data collected in the Netherlands between April 2020 and April 2022 (including retrospective pre-pandemic measures).

Method

The study used descriptive methods (longitudinal crosstabulations) and multivariate modelling (cross-sectional multinomial logits, with and without moderators) in a repeated cross-sectional desi

SUBMITTER: Yerkes MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11198899 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature