(Un)deserving of work-life balance? A cross country investigation of people’s attitudes towards work-life balance arrangements for parents and childfree employees

Figures & data

Table 1. Descriptive sample statistics.

	Italian respondents (N = 187)		Dutch respondents (N = 101)
	N	%/SD	N	%/SD
Sex (Female)	150	80.2%	81	80.2%
Age	35.1	13.5	35.1	13.2
Children	62	33.2%	42	41.6%
Educational level Low	77	41.2%	1	1.0%
Intermediate	95	50.8%	11	10.9%
High	15	8.0%	89	88.1%

Table 2. Mean scores, standard deviations and ranges of deservingness and priority.

	Italian (N = 187)			Dutch (N = 101)
	Range	Mean	SD	Range	Mean	SD
Deservingness	0–10	7.33	1.76	0–10	6.37	3.53
Priority	0–9.67	4.10	2.62	0–9	3.13	2.45

Figure 1. The three-way interaction of protagonist gender, protagonist parental status, and country for respondents’ priority ratings for WLB arrangements. Note: Sample means are presented in the bars and standard errors in the error bars.