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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST 0WNTR0xM. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. This paper aims to identify gender similarities and differences in psychosocial work characteristics for those in and out of paid employment, to inform research on possible health-related effects. Specifically five questions are addressed : do women report poorer work characteristics than men ; are gender differences related to specific characteristics : do work characteristics differ between full-and part-time women workers and between those in paid and unpaid work ; are socioeconomic gradients in work characteristics similar for men and women ; and, if there are gradients, do they differ between women in paid and unpaid work ? Analyses are based on the 33 year follow-up of the 1958 British birth cohort. Four psychosocial work characteristics were examined : learning opportunities, monotony, pace of work, and flexibility of breaks. Women reported more negative work characteristics than men, primarily because of differences in learning opportunities (26% lacked opportunity compared with 13% of men) and monotonous work (47 and 31% respectively). Women in full-time employment reported fewer negative characteristics (27%) than part-time (39%) or home-workers (36%). Home-workers had fewer opportunities for learning (36%) and greater monotony (49%) than paid workers (21 and 22% respectively), however fewer home-workers reported inability to control the work pace (11% compared to 23%) and inflexibility of breaks (21% compared to 47%). (...)
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