TY  - JOUR
AU  - King, TL
AU  - Taouk, Y
AU  - LaMontagne, AD
AU  - Maheen, H
AU  - Kavanagh, AM
Y2  - 2021/01/21
Y1  - 2020/11/05
SN  - 0933-7954
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/11343/258768
AB  - PURPOSE: There is some evidence that employed women report more time pressure and work-life penalties than employed men and other women; however little is known about whether this exerts a mental health effect. This analysis examined associations between household labour force arrangements (household-employment configuration) and the mental health of men and women. METHODS: Seventeen waves of data from the Household Income and Labour Dynamics Survey (2001-2017) were used. Mental health was measured using the Mental Health Inventory (MHI-5). A six-category measure of household-employment configuration was derived: dual full-time employed, male-breadwinner, female-breadwinner, shared part-time employment (both part-time), male full-time/female part-time (modified male-breadwinner, MMBW), and female full-time/male part-time. Using fixed-effects regression methods, we examined the within-person effects of household-employment configuration on mental health after controlling for time-varying confounders. RESULTS: For men, being in the female-breadwinner configuration was associated with poorer mental health compared to being in the MMBW configuration (β-1.98, 95% CI - 3.36, - 0.61). The mental health of women was poorer when in the male-breadwinner configuration, compared to when in the MMBW arrangement (β-0.89, 95% CI - 1.56, - 0.22). CONCLUSION: These results suggest that the mental health of both men and women is poorer when not in the labour force, either as a man in the female-breadwinner arrangement, or as a woman in the male-breadwinner arrangement. These results are particularly noteworthy for women, because they pertain to a sizeable proportion of the population who are not in paid work, and highlight the need for policy reform to support women's labour force participation.
LA  - English
PB  - SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
T1  - Gendered associations between household labour force participation and mental health using 17 waves of Australian cohort data
DO  - 10.1007/s00127-020-01970-1
IS  - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology: the international journal for research in social and genetic epidemiology and mental health services
VL  - 56
IS  - 6
SP  - 1035-1047
OP  - LP180100035
OP  - DE200100607
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