31 July 2012, 310712, flexible work, fulltime workers, part-time workers, physical well-being, responsibilities, work life balance
Q. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
| Full-time workers |
Total agree |
Total disagree |
Strongly agree |
Agree |
Disagree |
Strongly disagree |
Don’t know |
| I find it difficult to balance work and other responsibilities |
51% |
45% |
12% |
39% |
35% |
10% |
4% |
| Where there is a conflict between work and other responsibilities, work comes first. |
47% |
47% |
7% |
40% |
36% |
11% |
6% |
| Where there is conflict between work and other responsibilities I feel I can ask my employer for some flexibility |
67% |
24% |
13% |
54% |
17% |
7% |
10% |
| There are times I feel the stress from juggling work and other responsibilities is impacting on my physical well-being |
63% |
32% |
18% |
45% |
26% |
6% |
4% |
| Part-time workers |
Total agree |
Total disagree |
Strongly agree |
Agree |
Disagree |
Strongly disagree |
Don’t know |
| I find it difficult to balance work and other responsibilities |
43% |
54% |
9% |
34% |
46% |
8% |
2% |
| Where there is a conflict between work and other responsibilities, work comes first. |
36% |
56% |
5% |
31% |
46% |
10% |
8% |
| Where there is conflict between work and other responsibilities I feel I can ask my employer for some flexibility |
64% |
21% |
12% |
52% |
16% |
5% |
14% |
| There are times I feel the stress from juggling work and other responsibilities is impacting on my physical well-being |
53% |
42% |
15% |
38% |
31% |
11% |
5% |
Total workers – Agree
|
Total |
Men |
Women |
Aged 18-34 |
Aged 35-54 |
Aged 55+ |
|
| I find it difficult to balance work and other responsibilities |
48% |
45% |
51% |
53% |
50% |
36% |
| Where there is a conflict between work and other responsibilities, work comes first. |
41% |
43% |
38% |
44% |
40% |
45% |
| Where there is conflict between work and other responsibilities I feel I can ask my employer for some flexibility |
66% |
66% |
65% |
76% |
64% |
54% |
| There are times I feel the stress from juggling work and other responsibilities is impacting on my physical well-being |
58% |
57% |
59% |
67% |
62% |
43% |