Reconciling Work and Family Demands and Related Psychosocial Risk and Support Factors among Working Families: A Finnish National Survey Study

Working families commonly struggle with reconciling work and family demands. While the Nordic welfare states have been regarded as forerunners in family-friendly policies, worldwide trends threaten work-family reconciliation also in this context. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the associatio...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2022-07, Vol.19 (14), p.8566
Main Authors: Björk, Janina M, Nordmyr, Johanna, Forsman, Anna K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Employment
Families & family life
Family - psychology
Female
Finland
Flexibility
Humans
Influence
Population
Public health
Reconciliation
Risk analysis
Risk Factors
Sociodemographics
Statistical analysis
Stress, Psychological - psychology
Surveys
Surveys and Questionnaires
System theory
Trends
Workplace
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Summary:Working families commonly struggle with reconciling work and family demands. While the Nordic welfare states have been regarded as forerunners in family-friendly policies, worldwide trends threaten work-family reconciliation also in this context. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the associations between family interference with work (FIW)/work interference with family (WIF) and selected psychosocial risk and support factors in the work and family settings of Finnish working families. Data from the Finnish Quality of Work Life Survey 2018 collected by Statistics Finland were utilized to conduct binary logistic regression analyses (N = 1431). Risk factors in the work setting emerged as key covariates as all of them showed statistically significant associations with WIF or both WIF and FIW. Another key finding was that occasional conflicts within the family were beneficial in the context of both WIF and FIW. To conclude, both distinct and mutual psychosocial risk and support factors of FIW and WIF were identified, at the same time as two socio-demographic factors as well as one workplace factor were identified as covariates specifically of FIW. This study showed that work-family reconciliation is a considerable challenge among Finnish working families, and especially to women.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph19148566