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

Lucía Artazcoz; Imma Cortès; Fernando G. Benavides; Vicenta Escribà-Agüir; Xavier Bartoll; Hernán Vargas; Carme Borrell

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.06.004

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

Lucía Artazcoz, Imma Cortès, Fernando G. Benavides, Vicenta Escribà-Agüir, Xavier Bartoll, Hernán Vargas, Carme Borrell

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	161-168
Number of pages	8
Journal	Health and Place
Volume	40
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.06.004
State	Published - Jul 1 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Europe
Family characteristics
Gender
Long working hours
Psychological
Stress

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Geography, Planning and Development
Health(social science)

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