The problems of battered women have recently been highlighted. They consult doctors, who can be an important source of help. We examined their initial presenting complaint to general practitioners. Questionnaires were sent to 27 London refuges for battered women and to 100 randomly selected general practitioners. Seventy-two women and 49 doctors replied. The results indicated that these women a...

PURPOSE We investigated whether (1) current employment status (regular full-time, regular part-time and marginal employment) is associated with depressive symptoms and (2) whether these associations are mediated by current working conditions and previous employment history. METHODS Two cohorts of German employees aged 46 and 52 years were selected from administrative data of the German Federa...

introduction: physical inactivity is one of the cardiovascular disease (cvd) risk factors. watching tv is a predictor of inactivity which is related to cvd risk factors and obesity. the objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of leisure-time physical activity and television watching on atherosclerosis risk factors in housewives and employees. materials & methods: in a cross sectio...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To clarify whether socioeconomic and sex inequalities in poor sleep quality are explained by socioeconomic and sex differences in work and family characteristics. DESIGN A cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS Three thousand five hundred fifty-six employees (2397 men and 1159 women) aged 20 to 65 years in local government in Japan. MEASUREMENTS Respondents completed a self-a...

INTRODUCTION Gendered practices of working life create gender inequalities through horizontal and vertical gender segregation in work, which may lead to inequalities in health between women and men. Gender equality could therefore be a key element of health equity in working life. Our aim was to analyze what gender (in)equality means for the employees at a woman-dominated workplace and discuss ...

This technical report describes the participation of women in computing in more than 30 countries, by focussing on participation at undergraduate level. A brief discussion covers how societal and cultural factors may affect women’s participation. Statistics from many different sources are presented for comparison. Generally, participation is low – most countries fall in the 10-40% range with a ...

This paper seeks to provide an input towards developing the proposal for the research project, “Pathways of Women’s Empowerment” to investigate the determinants of women’s empowerment where and when it occurs. It primarily attempts to give an overview of the trends in research, thinking and programmes in Pakistan from 1975 onwards in the area of women’s empowerment and bodily integrity in order...

This paper provides evidence on the impact of paid leave legislation on female employment outcomes. Using a di erence-in-di erences and di erence-in-di erence-in-di erences strategy, I study the impact of two state-level programs in California and New Jersey. This paper is rst to exploit the fact that the cost of paid leave in these states is larger for rms with 50 or more employees (who are fo...

The purpose of this study was to compare and contrast how differences in perceptions of sexual harassment impact productive work environments for employees in Pakistan as compared to the US; in particular, how it affects job satisfaction, turnover, and/or absenteeism. This study analyzed employee responses in Pakistan (n = 146) and the United States (n = 102, 76) using questionnaire data. Signi...

BACKGROUND Epstein-Barr virus infectious mononucleosis among adults is notorious because of the prolonged incapacitating fatigue it causes. AIMS To investigate the duration of sickness absence and return to work following infectious mononucleosis. METHODS Episodes of sickness absence due to infectious mononucleosis were selected from an occupational health services register. The duration of...