Work Hours and Difficulty in Leaving Work on Time in Relation to Work-to-Family Conflict and Burnout Among Female Workers in Taiwan
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. The Participants and Recruitment Method
2.2. Measures
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | Total (n = 738) | White-Collar (n = 600) | Blue-Collar (n = 138) | ||
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n (%) a | n (%) a | n (%) a | χ2 | ||
Age (year) | 30.494 | *** | |||
20–29 | 51 (6.9) | 41 (6.8) | 10 (7.2) | ||
30–39 | 143 (19.4) | 97 (16.2) | 46 (33.3) | ||
40–49 | 265 (35.9) | 213 (35.5) | 52 (37.7) | ||
50–59 | 261 (35.4) | 235 (39.2) | 26 (18.8) | ||
60 and over | 18 (2.4) | 14 (2.3) | 4 (2.9) | ||
Marital status | 0.499 | ||||
not married | 172 (23.3) | 143 (23.8) | 29 (21.0) | ||
married | 566 (76.7) | 457 (76.2) | 109 (79.0) | ||
Economic status | |||||
very poor | 39 (5.3) | 23 (3.9) | 16 (11.6) | 33.007 | *** |
poor | 11 (1.5) | 7(1.2) | 4 (2.9) | ||
ordinary | 464 (63.4) | 365 (61.4) | 99 (71.7) | ||
good | 190 (26.0) | 176 (29.6) | 14 (10.1) | ||
excellent | 28 (3.8) | 23 (3.9) | 5 (3.6) | ||
Parental status | 30.037 | *** | |||
no | 570 (77.7) | 487 (81.7) | 83 (60.1) | ||
yes | 164 (22.3) | 109 (18.3) | 55 (39.9) | ||
Variables (possible range) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | t | |
Housework (1–5) | 3.29 (1.02) | 3.26 (1.00) | 3.43 (1.10) | −1.765 | |
Work hours (27–72) | 43.51 (7.05) | 42.19 (5.11) | 49.21 (10.63) | −7.556 | *** |
Difficulty in leaving work on time (1–4) | 1.52 (0.79) | 1.53 (0.76) | 1.46 (0.87) | 0.991 | |
WFC b (5–20) | 9.09 (2.13) | 9.26 (2.05) | 8.39 (2.35) | 4.347 | *** |
Burnout (0–52) | 20.30 (8.60) | 19.78 (8.05) | 22.56 (10.39) | −2.951 | ** |
Variables | Housework | Work Hours | Difficulty in Leaving Work on Time | WFC |
---|---|---|---|---|
Housework | - | |||
Work hours | −0.093 * | - | ||
Difficulty in leaving work on time | −0.140 ** | 0.422 ** | - | |
WFC | 0.025 | 0.151 ** | 0.400 ** | - |
Burnout | 0.043 | 0.303 ** | 0.306 ** | 0.326 ** |
Variables | Model 1 | Model 2 | ||||||
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B | SE B | β | p | B | SE B | β | p | |
Constant | 6.127 | 0.759 | 6.186 | 0.714 | ||||
Age | 0.084 | 0.096 | 0.038 | 0.381 | 0.150 | 0.090 | 0.068 | 0.098 |
Marriage | 0.065 | 0.199 | 0.013 | 0.743 | 0.108 | 0.187 | 0.021 | 0.566 |
Economic status | −0.222 | 0.084 | −0.100 | 0.009 | −0.179 | 0.079 | −0.081 | 0.024 |
Occupation | −1.520 | 0.216 | −0.280 | <0.001 | −1.026 | 0.209 | −0.189 | <0.001 |
Parental status | 0.224 | 0.204 | 0.044 | 0.272 | 0.136 | 0.192 | 0.027 | 0.478 |
Housework | 0.081 | 0.080 | 0.039 | 0.313 | 0.133 | 0.076 | 0.064 | 0.080 |
Work hours | 0.074 | 0.012 | 0.247 | <0.001 | 0.022 | 0.013 | 0.073 | 0.082 |
Difficulty in leaving work on time | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1.014 | 0.105 | 0.373 | <0.001 |
R2 | 0.088 | 0.194 | ||||||
∆R2 | 0.106 | |||||||
F | 9.900 *** | 21.526 *** |
Variables | Model 1 | Model 2 | ||||||
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B | SE B | β | p | B | SE B | β | p | |
Constant | 16.887 | 2.896 | 17.018 | 2.839 | ||||
Age | −1.606 | 0.366 | −0.179 | <0.001 | −1.458 | 0.360 | −0.162 | <0.001 |
Marriage | 0.052 | 0.759 | 0.003 | 0.945 | 0.147 | 0.745 | 0.007 | 0.843 |
Economic status | −1.823 | 0.321 | −0.204 | <0.001 | −1.727 | 0.315 | −0.193 | <0.001 |
Occupation | −1.151 | 0.824 | −0.052 | 0.163 | −0.044 | 0.833 | −0.002 | 0.958 |
Parental status | 0.844 | 0.779 | 0.041 | 0.279 | 0.647 | 0.764 | 0.031 | 0.398 |
Housework | 0.712 | 0.307 | 0.084 | 0.021 | 0.827 | 0.301 | 0.098 | 0.006 |
Work hours | 0.306 | 0.046 | 0.251 | <0.001 | 0.189 | 0.050 | 0.155 | <0.001 |
Difficulty in leaving work on time | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2.269 | 0.416 | 0.206 | <0.001 |
R2 | 0.192 | 0.224 | ||||||
∆R2 | 0.032 | |||||||
F | 24.321 *** | 25.853 *** |
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Huang, S.-L.; Li, R.-H.; Fang, S.-Y.; Tang, F.-C. Work Hours and Difficulty in Leaving Work on Time in Relation to Work-to-Family Conflict and Burnout Among Female Workers in Taiwan. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 605. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17020605
Huang S-L, Li R-H, Fang S-Y, Tang F-C. Work Hours and Difficulty in Leaving Work on Time in Relation to Work-to-Family Conflict and Burnout Among Female Workers in Taiwan. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(2):605. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17020605
Chicago/Turabian StyleHuang, Shu-Ling, Ren-Hau Li, Shu-Yi Fang, and Feng-Cheng Tang. 2020. "Work Hours and Difficulty in Leaving Work on Time in Relation to Work-to-Family Conflict and Burnout Among Female Workers in Taiwan" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 2: 605. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17020605
APA StyleHuang, S.-L., Li, R.-H., Fang, S.-Y., & Tang, F.-C. (2020). Work Hours and Difficulty in Leaving Work on Time in Relation to Work-to-Family Conflict and Burnout Among Female Workers in Taiwan. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(2), 605. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17020605