Association between pregnant women’s experience of stress and partners’ fly-in-fly-out work

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[Background:] It is relatively common in Western Australia for men to commute long distances and work away from home for extended periods of time, often referred to as fly-in-fly-out work. Women are particularly susceptible to the effects of stress during pregnancy, and the absence of a partner due to working away could be an additional risk to their wellbeing. While there is little published fly-in-fly-out literature, there is evidence that working non-standard hours, more generally, has a negative impact on health and well-being of workers and their families. [Aim:] To determine if there is an association between pregnant women’s report of stress and their partners working fly-in-fly-out, and if so, is there is a differential impact that is dependent on family socioeconomic status. [Methods:] Data from a Western Australian pregnancy cohort study were analysed (n=394 families). Couples completed self-report ratings of anxiety, depression, stress, family functioning, and stressful life events. Comparisons were made between three groups: fly-in-fly-out workers, non-fly-in-fly-out regular schedule workers, and non-fly-in-fly-out irregular schedule workers. [Results:] After controlling for a range of variables, women’s stress was significantly associated (p<.05) with their partners working fly-in-fly-out. Neither women’s education, partners’ occupation nor an interaction between partners’ fly-in-fly-out work and partners’ occupation were significantly associated with women’s stress. [Conclusion:] There is some evidence that the pregnant partners of fly-in-fly-out workers perceive their lives to be more stressful than women whose partner works non-fly-in-fly-out regular schedules.

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• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal: Women and Birth ; ISSN: 1878-1799 ; Volume: 32 ; Year: 2019 ; Issue: 4 ; Pages: e450-e458 ; Amsterdam: Elsevier

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft
• Thema: FIFO ; Long distance commute ; Pregnancy ; Work ; Stress

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Cooke, Dawson C. ; Kendall, Garth ; Li, Jianghong ; Dockery, Michael
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Elsevier
• (wo): Amsterdam
• (wann): 2019

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2018.09.005
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/207955
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ