In search of family-friendly careers? Professional strategies, work conditions and gender differences in work–family conflict

Figures & data

Table 1. Career and family orientation.

	M1. Career orientation	M2. Family orientation
Intercept	12.22***	8.32***
Sex (ref = man)	0.25**	0.54***
Occupation (ref = lawyer)
Civil engineer	0.41**	−0.03
Psychologist	−1.13***	0.64***
Social worker	−2.23***	0.52***
Police officer	−2.63***	0.20
N	2422	2453
R^2 (%)	20.7	3.8

Note: Cell entries are unstandardized OLS regression coefficients.

Levels of significance: *p < .5, **p < .01, ***p < .001.

Table 2. Work demands, employer flexibility and employee control.

	M1a. Work demands	M1b. Work demands	M2a. Employer flexibility	M2b. Employer flexibility	M3a. Employee control	M3a. Employee control
Intercept	5.50***	5.32***	7.97***	7.02***	13.15***	11.20***
Sex (ref = man)	0.01	0.01	−0.18*	−0.15	−0.84***	−0.89***
Occupation (ref = lawyer)
Civil engineer	−0.28**	−0.29**	−0.73***	−0.81***	1.37***	1.31***
Psychologist	0.38***	0.41***	−2.45***	−2.14***	0.50**	0.64***
Social worker	0.43***	0.48***	−1.92***	−1.42***	−0.01	0.29
Police officer	0.52***	0.58***	−0.60***	−0.09	−2.47***	−2.11***
Career orientation		0.02		0.19***		0.14***
Family orientation		−0.01		−0.16***		0.03
N	2387	2387	2362	2362	2349	2349
R^2 (%)	4.8	4.9	15.3	19.0	18.6	19.9

Note: Cell entries are unstandardized OLS regression coefficients.

Levels of significance: *p < .5, **p < .01, ***p < .001.

Table 3. Work–family conflict.

	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4	Model 5
Intercept	8.77***	6.05***	3.50***	4.73***	3.90***
Sex (ref = man)	0.21*	0.26**	0.22*	0.16	0.17
Occupation (ref = lawyer)
Civil engineer	−0.42*	−0.13	−0.03	0.09	0.15
Psychologist	−0.22	0.64***	−0.00	0.11	0.09
Social worker	−0.19	0.52**	−0.06	−0.02	−0.03
Police officer	−0.21	0.02	−0.39**	−0.59***	−0.54**
Employer flexibility		0.34***	0.17***	0.18***	0.17***
Work demands			0.71***	0.67***	0.66***
Employee control				−0.09***	−0.10***
Work hours					0.02*
Children (ref = no children)
0–6 years					0.19
7–17 years					0.41*
Partner (ref = no partner)					0.17
N	2076	2076	2076	2076	2076
R^2 (%)	0.5	10.5	24.6	25.7	26.3

Notes: Cell entries are unstandardized OLS regression coefficients. Respondents currently on parental leave have been excluded (see text).

Levels of significance: *p < .5, **p < .01, ***p < .001.

Table A1. Descriptive statistics for all variables (Means).

	Women	Men
Occupation
Lawyer	0.18	0.18
Civil engineer	0.20	0.18
Psychologist	0.23	0.24
Social worker	0.20	0.22
Police officer	0.18	0.18
Career orientation	11.37	11.08
Family orientation	9.14	8.61
Work demands	5.72	5.72
Employer flexibility	6.56	6.72
Employee control	12.22	13.05
Work hours	41.51	41.80
Children
No children	0.56	0.54
0–6 years	0.34	0.38
7–17 years	0.10	0.08
Partner (ref = no partner)	0.77	0.77
Work–family conflict	8.57	8.50