Symptom reporting and self-rated health among women in mid-life: the role of work characteristics and family responsibilities.

This study investigated how socioeconomic factors and psychosocial conditions are related to self-reported health among 43-year-old women representing the general Swedish population (N = 569). Odds ratios and multiple logistic regression analyses were used for associations and effect modification, adjusted for symptom reporting in adolescence. Poor self-reported health was predicted by low income, financial worries, and job strain, as well as combined exposure to a high level of unpaid household work and job strain (double burden). In conclusion, poor psychosocial conditions related to working life, as well as to the combined impact of paid and unpaid work were revealed to be risk factors for poor self-reported health among middle-aged women. These results highlight the need for improving women's work conditions, as well as designing family policies that promote a better sharing of unpaid household tasks and responsibilities between spouses.

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP Hälsovetenskap Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi hsv//swe
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES Health Sciences Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology hsv//eng
SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP Psykologi hsv//swe
SOCIAL SCIENCES Psychology hsv//eng
Employment
psychology
Family Characteristics
Female
Health Status Indicators
Housekeeping
Humans
Marital Status
Middle Aged
Questionnaires
Risk Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Stress
Psychological
epidemiology
Sweden
epidemiology
Women's Health
common symptoms
Psychology

Krantz, GunillaStockholms universitet,Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa,Institute of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine,Psykologiska institutionen(Swepub:gu)xkrgun (författare)
Lundberg, UlfStockholms universitet,Psykologiska institutionen(Swepub:su)ullun (författare)
Stockholms universitetPsykologiska institutionen (creator_code:org_t)

Ingår i:International journal of behavioral medicine: Springer Science and Business Media LLC13:1, s. 1-71070-55031532-7558

Av författaren/redakt...: Mellner, Christi ...; Krantz, Gunilla; Lundberg, Ulf

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