@article{ref1,
title="Attitudes toward working conditions: are European Union workers satisfied with their working hours and work-life balance?",
journal="Gaceta Sanitaria",
year="2019",
author="Matilla-Santander, Nuria and Lidón-Moyano, Cristina and González-Marrón, Adrián and Bunch, Kailey and Martín-Sánchez, Juan Carlos and Martínez-Sánchez, Jose M.",
volume="33",
number="2",
pages="162-168",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To describe the satisfaction with working hours and satisfaction with work-life balance and their association in the European Union (EU-28). <br><br>METHOD: This is a cross-sectional study based on data from the Flash Eurobarometer 398 among workers of the EU-28 from 2014 (n=13,683). We calculated percentages and their 95% confidence intervals (95%CI). We also applied a multi-level generalised linear model using the Poisson family, to calculate the adjusted prevalence ratios (aPR) of satisfaction with work-life balance based on working hours. All analyses were stratified by individual, employment and welfare regime country classification. <br><br>RESULTS: The satisfaction with working hours and work-life balance was 80.62% and 74.48%, respectively, and was significantly higher among women. The highest percentages of satisfaction were found in the Nordic welfare regime countries (90.2% and 85.3%, respectively). There was a statistically significant association between satisfaction with working hours and work-life balance (aPR: 2.63; 95%CI: 2.28-3.04), and the magnitude of the association differed in individual, employment and welfare regime country classifications. The main reasons declared for dissatisfaction were &quot;excessive working hours&quot; (48.7%), &quot;shift work&quot; (27.9%), and &quot;inability to influence the work schedule&quot; (28.3%). Differences were observed according to sex and type of welfare regime. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The differences found in the association between satisfaction with work-life balance and working hours according to sociodemographic characteristics and welfare regime show that there are inequalities in the working conditions in the EU countries.<br><br>Copyright © 2017 SESPAS. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0213-9111",
doi="10.1016/j.gaceta.2017.10.006",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gaceta.2017.10.006"
}