Work-Family Conflict and Work Exit in Later Career Stage.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study investigated relationships between work-family conflict and routes of later-life work exit.

Methods

We used a cohort of British civil servants (5,157 men; 2,027 women) who participated in the Whitehall II study. Work interference with family (WIF) and family interference with work (FIW) were measured up to three times over 10 years. Cause-specific Cox models were used to assess the influence of WIF/FIW on particular routes ("retirement," "health-related exit," "unemployment," or "homemaker/other") of work exit in later career stage and all routes combined.

Results

WIF was not associated with any route of work exit in men or women, after adjusting for confounders. For perceived higher FIW, men were less likely to exit work through retirement, home

SUBMITTER: Xue B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7768697 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature