WORKING SHIFTS - DIFFERENT EFFECTS FOR WOMEN AND MEN

Results are reported of a survey on the effects oi shiftwork on women and men working rotating shifts under comparable job conditions. Discr iminant analyses revealed that gender-related effects of shiftwork cou ld not be found. However, off-the-job work stress, e.g. a gender-relat ed unequal division of domestic duties, clearly differentiated between women and men and the presence or absence of children in the house. T he 'double burden' for women, in particular for chose with children, d id not result in more severe psychosocial or subjective health impairm ents.