Remote working and experiential wellbeing: A latent lifestyle perspective using UK time use survey before and during COVID-19.

ABSTRACT: Mental health in the UK had deteriorated compared with pre-pandemic trends. Existing studies on heterogenous wellbeing changes associated COVID-19 tend to segment population based on isolated socio-economic and demographic indicators, notably gender, income and ethnicity, while a more holistic and contextual understanding of such heterogeneity among the workforce seems lacking. This study addresses this gap by 1) combining UK time use surveys collected before and during COVID-19, 2) identifying latent lifestyles within three working mode groups (commuter, homeworker and hybrid worker) using latent class model, and 3) quantifying nuanced experiential wellbeing (ExWB) changes across workers of distinct lifestyles. The direction and magnitude of ExWB changes were not uniform across activity t

SUBMITTER: Chen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11288641 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature