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. 2021 Aug 18;12:645734. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.645734

Table 6.

Average outcome on Likert-scale (1 = Strongly disagree, 5 = Strongly agree) for work-life balance questions, broken down for academic rank.

Question Total Ph.D. candidate Researcher Lecturer Post-doctoral researcher Assistant professor Associate professor Full professor Other
N 112 12 4 11 8 24 28 12 13
Being an academic parent has reduced my time availability for work duties during the pandemic 4.2 4.7 4.8 3.5 4.4 4.3 4.1 4.3 3.7
Being an academic parent has reduced my time availability for volunteering duties such as peer review during the pandemic 4.3 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.4
Being an academic parent has reduced my publication output during the pandemic 4.0 4.3 4.0 4.1 4.4 3.8 4.1 4.0 3.7
I have found a better work-life balance as an academic parent during the pandemic 2.8 2.4 1.8 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.6 2.8 3.2
My work hours are more flexible during the pandemic than before 3.7 3.8 4.3 4.0 4.1 3.3 3.6 3.3 4.1

Other combines “other” and “other academic appointment”.