Table 3 Comparison of mental health and burden of care work between groups of people with different working hours separately for men and women.

From: Gendered analysis of care work burden and mental health using data from the Gutenberg Covid-19 study

Men

Ā 

unemployed (1)

(N = 52)

part-time (2)

(N = 91)

full-time (3)

(N = 841)

P

1 vs. 2

P

1 vs. 3

P

2 vs. 3

PHQ9

3.46 (2.85)

5.39 (4.82)

3.83 (3.46)

0.011

1.000

0.001

GAD2

0.55 (0.94)

1.14 (1.41)

0.61 (1.01)

0.021

1.000

0.000

SSS8

4.37 (3.84)

6.35 (5.41)

4.64 (4.00)

0.025

1.000

0.001

Care Burden

0.51 (0.65)

0.82 (0.74)

0.68 (0.72)

0.042

0.305

0.235