Health status and behaviours by employment and family demand
| Number (%) or median (25–75% range) | Housewives (n=247) (109)† | Working women with family demands (n=624) (349)† | Working women without family demands (n=436) (357)† |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anxiety about health‡ | |||
| Total (Yes) | 74 (30) | 221 (36) | 208 (48)** |
| Physical | 46 (19) | 154 (25) | 122 (28)** |
| Mental | 24 (10) | 65 (11) | 80 (19)** |
| Dissatisfaction with health‡ | 57 (23) | 141 (23) | 136 (31) |
| Insufficient breakfast‡ (not a well-balanced breakfast, or not every morning) | |||
| 51 (21) | 199 (32)** | 240 (55)** | |
| Smoking‡ | 3 (1) | 12 (2) | 27 (6)** |
| Sleep‡ (Upper: total participants; lower†: participants without preschool-aged children and not working shifts) | |||
| Sleep, hours/night (range) | 7 (6–7) | 6 (6–7)** | 6 (6–7)** |
| 7 (6–7) | 6 (6–7)* | 6 (6–7)** | |
| Feeling of dissatisfaction | 92 (37) | 262 (42) | 222 (51)** |
| 36 (33) | 157 (45) | 174 (48)** | |
| Difficulty getting to sleep§ | 20 (8) | 48 (8) | 50 (11) |
| 6 (6) | 25 (7) | 39 (11) | |
| Waking during sleep¶ | 137 (55) | 283 (45)* | 129 (30)** |
| 39 (36) | 130 (37) | 110 (31) | |
| Early-morning awakening¶ | 18 (7) | 50 (8) | 39 (9) |
| 4 (4) | 27 (8) | 28 (8) | |
| Quality of sleep†† | 30 (12) | 46 (7) | 40 (9) |
| 3 (3) | 20 (6) | 31 (9) | |
| Health check-up in past year (Yes) (category: multiple answers) | |||
| 126 (51) | 500 (80)** | 398 (91)** | |
| At workplace | 17 (7) | 379 (61) | 356 (82) |
| At community service | 40 (16) | 76 (12) | 22 (5) |
| At school | 6 (2) | 5 (1) | 21 (5) |
| At partner's workplace | 55 (22) | 36 (6) | 0 (0) |
| At own expense | 22 (9) | 69 (11) | 47 (11) |
| Other | 2 (1) | 5 (1) | 1 (0.2) |
| Medical consultation in past year‡ | 93 (38) | 236 (38) | 126 (29)* |
| Knowledge of the healthcare system‡ | |||
| Workplace | 210 (85) | 515 (83) | 364 (83) |
| Community area | 205 (83) | 508 (81) | 249 (57)** |
*p<0.025, **p<0.005 (versus housewives).
†Number of participants who lived without preschool-aged children and did not work shifts.
‡The total number of participants does not match because of missing values.
§More than 31 min.
¶More than once per week.
††Insomnia.