Housework, paid work and psychiatric symptoms

Housework, paid work and psychiatric symptoms

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the hypothesis that work burden, the simultaneous engagement in paid work and unpaid family housework, is a potential risk factor for psychiatric symptoms among women. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out with 460 women randomly selected from a poor area of the cit...

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Main Authors: Santana Vilma S, Loomis Dana P, Newman Beth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2001-01-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
Subjects:
Workload/psychology
Mental health
Women, working/psychology
Work hours
Gender
Psychiatric symptoms
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102001000100003

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