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Dong-Wook Lee1, Yun-Chul Hong1, Hwo-Yeon Seo2, Je-Yeon Yun3,4, Soo-Hyun Nam5, Nami Lee5,6.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: This study investigated the longitudinal associations between the degrees of positive and negative spillover in work-life balance (WLB) at baseline and reports of depressive mood at a 2-year follow-up in Korean women employees.Entities:
Keywords: Depression; Longitudinal studies; Working woman; Work–life conflict
Year: 2021 PMID: 34527400 PMCID: PMC8430443 DOI: 10.1016/j.shaw.2021.05.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Saf Health Work ISSN: 2093-7911
Fig. 1Depicting the study participants. KLoWF, Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and Families; CES-D-10, the 10-item Center for epidemiologic studies depression scale.
General characteristics and incident depressive symptoms of the study participants
| Total (fifth wave) | Incident depressive symptom between fifth wave and sixth wave | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Total | 1,386 (100.0) | 102 (7.4) | ||
| Age (years) | 19–29 | 171 (12.3) | 6 (3.5) | 0.029 |
| 30–39 | 299 (21.6) | 19 (6.4) | ||
| 40–49 | 575 (41.5) | 40 (7.0) | ||
| 50–59 | 269 (19.4) | 28 (10.4) | ||
| 60–69 | 72 (5.2) | 9 (12.5) | ||
| Education | ≤Middle school | 163 (11.8) | 17 (10.4) | 0.279 |
| High school | 529 (38.2) | 37 (7.0) | ||
| ≥College | 694 (50.1) | 48 (6.9) | ||
| Equalized household Income per year (10,000 KRW) | 1Q (≤1771) | 342 (24.7) | 39 (11.4) | 0.001 |
| 2Q (1788~2425) | 351 (25.3) | 28 (8.0) | ||
| 3Q (2449~3291) | 343 (24.8) | 22 (6.4) | ||
| 4Q (3,300~31,529) | 350 (25.3) | 13 (3.7) | ||
| Marital status | Single | 257 (18.5) | 15 (5.8) | 0.003 |
| Married | 1005 (72.5) | 71 (7.1) | ||
| Separated | 10 (0.7) | 0 (0) | ||
| Divorced | 50 (3.6) | 12 (24) | ||
| Widowed | 64 (4.6) | 4 (6.3) | ||
| Children | No | 260 (18.8) | 16 (6.2) | 0.030 |
| 1 | 179 (12.9) | 20 (11.2) | ||
| 2 | 695 (50.1) | 41 (5.9) | ||
| 3 or more | 252 (18.2) | 25 (9.9) | ||
| Job classification | White-collar job | 715 (51.6) | 45 (6.3) | 0.117 |
| Blue-collar job | 671 (48.4) | 57 (8.5) | ||
| Weekly working hours | <40 h/week | 258 (18.6) | 20 (7.8) | 0.002 |
| 40 h/week | 715 (51.6) | 38 (5.3) | ||
| 41~51 h/week | 259 (18.7) | 33 (12.7) | ||
| ≥52 h/week | 154 (11.1) | 11 (7.1) | ||
| Smoking status | Current smoker | 8 (0.6) | 1 (12.5) | 0.675 |
| Former smoker | 6 (0.4) | 0 (0) | ||
| Never smoker | 1372 (99.0) | 101 (7.4) | ||
| CAGE score | 0 | 1355 (97.8) | 100 (7.4) | 0.598 |
| ≥1 | 31 (2.2) | 2 (6.5) | ||
| Vigorous Exercise | <1 per week | 1046 (75.5) | 80 (7.7) | 0.470 |
| ≥1 per week | 340 (24.5) | 22 (6.5) | ||
Chi-squared test or Fisher's exact test was performed.
Odds ratios for incident depressive symptoms by work–life balance questionnaires using a multivariate logistic regression model
| Total, n (%) | Incident depressive symptom, n (%) | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | ||||||
| Q1 | 340 | 23 (6.8) | 1 (Reference) | 1 (Reference) | 1 (Reference) | |||
| Q2 | 423 | 22 (5.2) | 0.76 (0.41–1.38) | 0.363 | 0.74 (0.38–1.42) | 0.361 | 0.77 (0.40–1.48) | 0.440 |
| Q3 | 292 | 21 (7.2) | 1.07 (0.58–1.97) | 0.833 | 1.10 (0.55-2.17) | 0.795 | 1.20 (0.61–2.36) | 0.607 |
| Q4 | 331 | 36 (10.9) | 1.68 (0.97–2.91) | 0.062 | 1.80 (0.96–3.37) | 0.069 | ||
| Q1 | 356 | 38 (10.7) | 1 (Reference) | 1 (Reference) | 1 (Reference) | |||
| Q2 | 567 | 35 (6.2) | ||||||
| Q3 | 172 | 8 (4.7) | ||||||
| Q4 | 291 | 21 (7.2) | 0.65 (0.37–1.14) | 0.131 | 0.65 (0.36–1.16) | 0.144 | 0.69 (0.39–1.24) | 0.214 |
| 0.097 | 0.106 | 0.137 | ||||||
P < 0.05 was in bold.
OR, odd ratio; CI, confidence interval; Q1, first quartile; Q2, second quartile; Q3, third quartile; Q4, fourth quartile.
Model 1: unadjusted model.
Model 2: adjusted for age, education level, marital status, and number of children.
Model 3: Model 2 + all factors were analyzed in one model.
Fig. 2Nonparametric associations between factors of work–life balance and newly developed depression. All factors were analyzed in one model with the adjustment for age, education level, marital status, and number of children.