31 July 2012, 310712, full time worker, gardening, house cleaning, kids sport, prepare meals, socialising, time for leisure, work life balance
Q. Over the last few years, do you feel you have had enough time for the following activities?
Have enough time |
Don’t have enough time |
Doesn’t apply to me |
Don’t know |
|
Keeping house clean |
56% |
36% |
8% |
* |
Preparing meals at home |
66% |
26% |
7% |
* |
Keeping in touch with friends and relatives |
56% |
41% |
2% |
* |
Attending kids sport |
22% |
13% |
62% |
2% |
Participating in community events |
30% |
36% |
30% |
3% |
Gardening |
35% |
39% |
25% |
1% |
General home maintenance (odd jobs) |
40% |
45% |
13% |
1% |
Working full-time or part-time |
Have enough time |
Don’t have enough time |
Doesn’t apply to me |
Don’t know |
Keeping house clean |
50% |
44% |
6% |
* |
Preparing meals at home |
62% |
33% |
5% |
* |
Keeping in touch with friends and relatives |
48% |
49% |
3% |
* |
Attending kids sport |
25% |
18% |
55% |
2% |
Participating in community events |
28% |
43% |
26% |
3% |
Gardening |
31% |
45% |
23% |
1% |
General home maintenance (odd jobs) |
33% |
54% |
11% |
2% |
Don’t have enough time
Total |
Men |
Women |
Aged 18-34 |
Aged 35-54 |
Aged 55+ |
|
Keeping house clean |
36% |
30% |
42% |
39% |
45% |
20% |
Preparing meals at home |
26% |
26% |
26% |
35% |
30% |
10% |
Keeping in touch with friends and relatives |
41% |
39% |
43% |
46% |
46% |
25% |
Attending kids sport |
13% |
16% |
11% |
16% |
17% |
4% |
Participating in community events |
36% |
37% |
36% |
45% |
41% |
20% |
Gardening |
39% |
34% |
43% |
43% |
45% |
19% |
General home maintenance (odd jobs) |
45% |
41% |
49% |
48% |
56% |
27% |
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% |