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Marise Chenard - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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back related functional limitations among full time Homemakers a comparison with women employed full time outside the home
Spine, 2004Co-Authors: Clermont E Dionne, Marise ChenardAbstract:Study Design. Two-year prospective study with repeated measurements. Objectives. To describe back-relaled functional limitations and their evolution among full-time female Homemakers and to compare them to that of women employed full-time outside the home. Summary of Background Data. Back pain is not limited to the formal working population. However, there is little information on the consequences of back pain in nonworking individuals. Methods. Subjects ware members of a large Health Maintenance Organization who consulted a physician for nonspecific back pain. Telephone interviews were conducted 4 to 8 week's after the consultation and 1 and 2 years later. Back-related functional limitations were measured with a modified 16-item Roland-Morris scale. Analyses were conducted on 104 full-time Homemakers and 288 women employed full-time outside the home. Results. The mean Roland-Morris score among Homemakers was 34.4% at baseline and dropped to 22.8% at 2 years. In multiple regression analyses, 2-year back-related functional limitations were significantly associated with symptoms of depression, pain intensity, and the number of days with back pain in the past 6 months measured at baseline, but not with employment status. Functional limitations were not different between homemakere and women employed outside the home, even after adjustment for confounders. Conclusions. In this study, the functional consequences of back pain had a similar nature and 2-year evolution among full-time Homemakers and women employed full-time outside the home. These results did not-demonstrate an effect ot formal employment on the functional consequences of back pain among women.
Tsui-o Tai - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Happy Homemaker? Married Women's Well-Being in Cross-National Perspective
Social Forces, 2011Co-Authors: Judith Treas, Tanja Van Der Lippe, Tsui-o TaiAbstract:A long-standing debate questions whether Homemakers or working wives are happier. Drawing on cross-national data for 28 countries, this research uses multi-level models to provide fresh evidence on this controversy. All things considered, Homemakers are slightly happier than wives who work fulltime, but they have no advantage over part-time workers. The work status gap in happiness persists even controlling for family life mediators. Cross-level interactions between work status and macro-level variables suggest that country characteristics - GDP, social spending, women's labor force participation, liberal gender ideology and public child care - ameliorate the disadvantage in happiness for full-time working wives compared to Homemakers and part-time workers.
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The happy husband? Working wives, Homemakers, and life satisfaction
2011Co-Authors: Judith Treas, Tanja Van Der Lippe, Tsui-o TaiAbstract:Competing theoretical perspectives lead to alternative hypotheses as to whether the husbands of Homemakers or men with employed wives are happier. All things considered, multi-level models using ISSP data from 29 countries find that Homemakers’ husbands are modestly happier than husbands whose wives are full-time workers. This finding is robust to controls for the economic and family life variables which are hypothesized to mediate the relationship between wife’s work status and husband’s happiness. Cross-level interactions between country characteristics and wife’s work status suggest that public child care may narrow this gap in husband’s happiness.
Clermont E Dionne - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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back related functional limitations among full time Homemakers a comparison with women employed full time outside the home
Spine, 2004Co-Authors: Clermont E Dionne, Marise ChenardAbstract:Study Design. Two-year prospective study with repeated measurements. Objectives. To describe back-relaled functional limitations and their evolution among full-time female Homemakers and to compare them to that of women employed full-time outside the home. Summary of Background Data. Back pain is not limited to the formal working population. However, there is little information on the consequences of back pain in nonworking individuals. Methods. Subjects ware members of a large Health Maintenance Organization who consulted a physician for nonspecific back pain. Telephone interviews were conducted 4 to 8 week's after the consultation and 1 and 2 years later. Back-related functional limitations were measured with a modified 16-item Roland-Morris scale. Analyses were conducted on 104 full-time Homemakers and 288 women employed full-time outside the home. Results. The mean Roland-Morris score among Homemakers was 34.4% at baseline and dropped to 22.8% at 2 years. In multiple regression analyses, 2-year back-related functional limitations were significantly associated with symptoms of depression, pain intensity, and the number of days with back pain in the past 6 months measured at baseline, but not with employment status. Functional limitations were not different between homemakere and women employed outside the home, even after adjustment for confounders. Conclusions. In this study, the functional consequences of back pain had a similar nature and 2-year evolution among full-time Homemakers and women employed full-time outside the home. These results did not-demonstrate an effect ot formal employment on the functional consequences of back pain among women.
Clara Y T Law - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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self perceived musculoskeletal complaints relationship to time use in women Homemakers in hong kong
Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 2008Co-Authors: Kenneth N K Fong, Clara Y T LawAbstract:Objective To examine patterns of time use and self-perceived musculoskeletal symptoms for women Homemakers in Hong Kong using a cross-sectional survey. Methods A total of 216 women were selected from a women’s center and a selected district by trained volunteers for a single interview using convenience sampling; 63 respondents had paid work and 153 were full-time Homemakers. The study included a surveillance of self-reported musculoskeletal symptoms for the past 12 months and a time use log to report respondents’ daily activities retrospectively during a 24-h reference day. Results Significant differences were found in the mean hours spent in paid work, outdoor activities, and passive leisure between respondents with paid and those with unpaid work (P = 0.000–0.021). Although the reported musculoskeletal problems were mostly mild to moderate, more than 60% of Homemakers experienced at least one musculoskeletal symptom over the spine or upper or lower extremities in the 12 months prior to the survey. Homemakers were more likely to report discomfort in their upper back (OR = 2.70, 95% CI 1.27–5.71) and shoulder (OR = 3.50, 95% CI 1.21–10.19) while shopping; in their lower back (OR = 1.90, 95% CI 1.03–3.50), wrist (OR = 2.02, 95% CI 1.06–3.84), and hip (OR = 2.35, 95% CI 1.07–5.13) while washing utensils; and in their finger (OR = 1.45, 95% CI 1.03–2.03) and knee (OR = 1.84, 95% CI 1.19–2.82) during cleaning tasks. Conclusion The results showed a high degree of musculoskeletal discomfort among women Homemakers in Hong Kong. Modifying current participation in household chores like cleaning, washing utensils, and shopping is needed to reduce the risk of developing musculoskeletal problems in this population.
Judith Treas - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Happy Homemaker? Married Women's Well-Being in Cross-National Perspective
Social Forces, 2011Co-Authors: Judith Treas, Tanja Van Der Lippe, Tsui-o TaiAbstract:A long-standing debate questions whether Homemakers or working wives are happier. Drawing on cross-national data for 28 countries, this research uses multi-level models to provide fresh evidence on this controversy. All things considered, Homemakers are slightly happier than wives who work fulltime, but they have no advantage over part-time workers. The work status gap in happiness persists even controlling for family life mediators. Cross-level interactions between work status and macro-level variables suggest that country characteristics - GDP, social spending, women's labor force participation, liberal gender ideology and public child care - ameliorate the disadvantage in happiness for full-time working wives compared to Homemakers and part-time workers.
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The happy husband? Working wives, Homemakers, and life satisfaction
2011Co-Authors: Judith Treas, Tanja Van Der Lippe, Tsui-o TaiAbstract:Competing theoretical perspectives lead to alternative hypotheses as to whether the husbands of Homemakers or men with employed wives are happier. All things considered, multi-level models using ISSP data from 29 countries find that Homemakers’ husbands are modestly happier than husbands whose wives are full-time workers. This finding is robust to controls for the economic and family life variables which are hypothesized to mediate the relationship between wife’s work status and husband’s happiness. Cross-level interactions between country characteristics and wife’s work status suggest that public child care may narrow this gap in husband’s happiness.
