Changes in work-related stressors before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: differences by gender and parental status.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The COVID-19 pandemic changed people's working conditions worldwide and research suggests increases in work stressors. However, it is not known to what extent these changes differ by gender or parental status. In the present study, we investigate trends in work stressors and whether these differ by gender and parental status.

Methods

We used cross-sectional time series data of the European Working Conditions Survey of 2015 and Living, Working and COVID-19 survey of spring 2020 to examine trends in work stressors by gender and parental status. Work stressors were working in leisure time, lack of psychological detachment and work-life conflict. We applied three-way multilevel regressions reporting prevalence ratios and reported predicted probabilities and average margi

SUBMITTER: Backhaus I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9651091 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature