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. 2021 Nov 17;18(22):12087. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182212087

Table 1.

Theme 1 developed from thematic analysis in Study 1: “work and socio-health situation”.

Sub-Themes and Codes Quotes
Work situation
Going to the worksite “My work has been necessary from the very beginning; I have not been obliged to stay at home.” (Woman, 33, nursing, no dependent children, working on-site)
Teleworking without reduced activity/pay “So far it has not affected my salary and working hours.” (Woman, 45, NGO 1, foreign, with dependent children, teleworking); “As I work for the public administration, I have continued to telework for the same pay.” (Woman, 39, university lecturer, no dependent children, teleworking).
Teleworking with reduced activity/pay “My normal working day is 40 h and with the COVID situation it was unilaterally established by the administration that we would be counted for 35 h.” (Woman, 46, public administration, no dependent children, teleworking).
Stalled activity “Now things are at a standstill and we workers don’t know anything.” (Woman, 60, private company, with dependent children, ERTE 2).
Layoffs “I have been out of work since the lockdown was decreed. The person who used to give me work told me that he is not going to employ me again.” (Woman, 26, domestic work, foreign, with dependent children, unemployed).
Socio-health situation
Fear of contagion “The biggest stress has been leaving home and going to work when there was such a high risk of infection. Touching doors, entering places without knowing if it was sufficiently disinfected” (Woman, 48, private company, no dependent children, working on-site); “Although we are at home, we are very afraid. The media are saying: contagions, contagions.” (Woman, 45, NGO 1, foreign, with dependent children, teleworking).
Economic threat “We have not kept the customers and we have not generated any profit: the company has lost a lot of money. There is fear for the future” (Woman, 24, private company, no dependent children, teleworking).

1 NGO: non-governmental organization. 2 ERTE: temporary employment regulation file.