Table 2.

Proportion of high or very high work-life conflict in different subgroups of the employed population aged 20-64 years in Switzerland

	Men		Women
	%1)	p-value	%1)	p-value
Total study population	13.9		11.0
Demographics
Age
20-29 years	8.8	< .001	12.4	≤ .05
30-39 years	15.3		10.7
40-49 years	16.7		10.8
50-64 years	12.8		10.4
Education (highest level of education achieved)
(Incomplete) compulsory schooling	12.1	<. 001	8.5	<. 001
Apprenticeship, general training	10.7		9.1
Secondary (vocational, technical, matura)	16.8		11.5
University	17.0		17.1
Work life characteristics
Management position (high job status)
yes	18.9	< .001	20.2	< .001
no	10.1		8.5
Work hours (hours of paid work per week)
< 20 hours (part-time job)	2.7	< .001	5.4	< .001
20-39 hours (part-time job)	14.5		11.6
≥ 40 hours (full-time job)	14.3		15.1
Variable work schedule
yes	15.4	< .001	12.7	< .001
no	11.9		9.2
Regular overtime
yes	17.3	< .001	15.7	< .001
no	8.8		8.3
Commuting time (one-way)
up to 30 minutes	13.0	< .001	10.6	< .001
31-60 minutes	12.5		11.2
more than 60 minutes	18.2		14.0
Participation in decision-making (autonomy at work)
yes	16.0	< .001	12.1	< .01
no	8.7		9.4
Job security
Very/quite secure job	13.0	< .001	10.3	≤ .05
A bit/very insecure job	19.7		15.2
Private life characteristics
Living with dependent children
yes	17.4	< .001	10.5	> .05
no	11.4		11.2
Having a long-term relationship
yes	14.6	< .01	10.9	> .05
no	9.9		11.2
Housework/housekeeping (hours per week)
≤ 5 hours per week	15.6	≤ .05	10.8	< .001
6-20 hours per week	11.1		12.5
> 20 hours per week	10.3		8.2
Number of cases2)	2079		2268

¹⁾ weighted data; ²⁾ unweighted data