Long working hours and health in Europe: Gender and welfare state differences in a context of economic crisis


Por: Artazcoz, L, Cortes, I, Benavides, FG, Escriba-Aguir, V, Bartoll, X, Vargas, H, Borrell, C

Publicada: 1 jul 2016
Resumen:
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.

Filiaciones:
Artazcoz, L:
 Agencia Salut Publ Barcelona, Pl Lesseps 1, Barcelona 08023, Spain

 CIBER Epidemiol & Salud Publ CIBERESP, Barcelona, Spain

 Univ Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

 Inst Biomed Res IIB St Pau, Barcelona, Spain

Cortes, I:
 Agencia Salut Publ Barcelona, Pl Lesseps 1, Barcelona 08023, Spain

 CIBER Epidemiol & Salud Publ CIBERESP, Barcelona, Spain

Benavides, FG:
 CIBER Epidemiol & Salud Publ CIBERESP, Barcelona, Spain

 Univ Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

Escriba-Aguir, V:
 CIBER Epidemiol & Salud Publ CIBERESP, Barcelona, Spain

 Ctr Publ Hlth Res, Hlth Inequal Area, Valencia, Spain

 Univ Valencia, Generalitat Valenciana, Reg Minist Hlth, Nursing Dept,Valencian Sch Hlth Studies, Valencia, Spain

Bartoll, X:
 Agencia Salut Publ Barcelona, Pl Lesseps 1, Barcelona 08023, Spain

 CIBER Epidemiol & Salud Publ CIBERESP, Barcelona, Spain

Vargas, H:
 Agencia Salut Publ Barcelona, Pl Lesseps 1, Barcelona 08023, Spain

Borrell, C:
 Agencia Salut Publ Barcelona, Pl Lesseps 1, Barcelona 08023, Spain

 CIBER Epidemiol & Salud Publ CIBERESP, Barcelona, Spain

 Univ Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

 Inst Biomed Res IIB St Pau, Barcelona, Spain
ISSN: 13538292





HEALTH & PLACE
Editorial
ELSEVIER SCI LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND, Estados Unidos America
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 40 Número:
Páginas: 161-168
WOS Id: 000379697500022
ID de PubMed: 27341274

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