Time use, time pressure and sleep: is gender an effect modifier?

AJ Scovelle; B Hewitt; T Lallukka; A O'neil; TL King

Journal article

Time use, time pressure and sleep: is gender an effect modifier?

AJ Scovelle, B Hewitt, T Lallukka, A O'neil, TL King

European Journal of Public Health | OXFORD UNIV PRESS | Published : 2023

DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckad038

Abstract

Background: The gendered division of labour contributes to differences in the way time is spent and experienced by women and men. Time spent in paid and unpaid labour is associated with sleep outcomes, therefore, we examined (i) the relationships between time use and time pressure, and sleep, and (ii) whether these relationships were modified by gender. Methods: Adults from the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey were included in the analysis (N = 7611). Two measures of time use (total time commitments, ≥50% of time spent in paid work) were calculated based on estimates of time spent in different activities. One measure of time pressure was also included. Three sleep out..

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Funding Acknowledgements

A.J.S. was supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Postgraduate Scholarship (#1191061) and the Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scheme. B.H. was supported by Australian Research Council (DP180101217). T.L. is supported by the Academy of Finland (Grant #330527) and the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (grant 29/26/2020). A.O. is supported by a National Health & Medical Research Council Emerging Leader 2 Fellowship (2009295). T.L.K. was supported by an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellowship (DE200100607). No funding body was involved in the design, analysis or writing of this article.