Is gender inequality in the domestic sphere associated with psychological distress among women and men? Results from the Northern Swedish Cohort
| Autor: | Mehmed Novo, Lisa Harryson, Anne Hammarström |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Male Gerontology Work medicine.medical_specialty genetic structures Epidemiology Health Behavior Cohort Studies Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Interpersonal Relations Longitudinal Studies Psychiatry Sweden Gender inequality Schools Career Choice business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Psychological distress Health Status Disparities Household Work Social Perception Socioeconomic Factors Multivariate Analysis Cohort Women's Health Female sense organs Men's Health business Stress Psychological Follow-Up Studies Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 66:271-276 |
| ISSN: | 1470-2738 0143-005X |
| DOI: | 10.1136/jech.2010.109231 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to analyse whether gender inequality in the domestic sphere was associated with psychological distress among women and men.In a cohort study, all pupils in the last year of compulsory school in a middle-sized industrial town in northern Sweden were followed until the age of 42. For this study a sample of cohabiting participants (n=372 women, 352 men) was selected. Gender inequality was measured as perceptions of gender inequality in the couple relationship, time spent on household work, responsibility for domestic work and childcare, and was analysed in relation to psychological distress, after taking possible background variables as well as earlier health status into account.In the multivariate analyses, perception of gender inequality in the couple relationship was associated with psychological distress for both women (OR 2.23, CI 1.20 to 4.18) and men (OR 3.51, CI 1.69 to 7.31). For women only, taking whole responsibility for domestic work was associated with the outcome (OR 2.17, CI 1.05 to 4.48). For men, taking less than half of the responsibility for domestic work was associated with psychological distress (OR 2.25, CI 1.24 to 3.91).Gender inequality in the domestic sphere seems to be an important determinant of psychological distress for both women and men. |
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