ABSTRACT
The theoretical concerns underlying this study are drawn from two somewhat distinct research literatures that might be characterized broadly as the “work and stress” and the “gender and role” a perspectives. The 20-year-old age entry criterion was used because the focus of this study was on the combined impact of home responsibilities and work conditions. The indicators of work environment characteristics are based on the research. Items from the work environment component of the Survey of Living Conditions were factor analyzed, and five indicators like psychological job demands, work control, workplace social support, job hazards and physical job demands were constructed. The items for each of the five work environment scales are given. Women were more likely than men to be unmarried, to have a school-age child, to perform the bulk of home duties, to experience home stress, to have jobs with low social support and low work control, and to report psychosomatic strain.
