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© 1994 Oxford University Press

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Finnmark Heart Study: Employment Status and Parenthood as Predictors of Psychological Health in Women, 20–49 Years

ANNE JOHANNE SØGAARD*, DONNA KRITZ-SILVERSTEIN{dagger} and DEBORAH L WINGARD*

*Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø Medical and Health Science Building (MH) Breivika, N-9037 Tromsø. Norway
{dagger}Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego, USA

S{pi}gaard A J (Institute of Community Medicine, University of Troms{pi}, Medical and Health Science Building (MH), Breivika, N-9037 Troms{pi}, Norway), Kritz-Silverstein D and Wingard D L. Finnmark Heart Study: Employment status and parenthood as predictors of psychological health in women, 20–49 years. International Journal of Epidemiology 1994; 23: 82–90.

This study examined the influence of employment status and presence of young children in the household on psychological health in a population-based sample of 3103 women aged 20–49 years. Women were classified by employment status and parental status, thus creating four groups for comparison. After excluding women reporting chronic diseases and women receiving sickness, rehabilitation, unemployment or disability benefits, analyses indicated that problems of coping, dissatisfaction with life, depression and loneliness were greatest among homemakers, particularly among those with young children. Analyses adjusted for age, education, marital status and place of residence yielded similar results. Stratification by marital status and place of residence revealed two exceptions to this general pattern: unmarried employed women with young children had the highest rate of coping problems—and parenthood, not employment status, was the most important factor for psychological health problems in rural areas. Discrepancies between an individual's behaviour and the norm in society regarding women's employment, may partly explain the findings.

Received 1 August 1993


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