Remoteworking conditions, socio-demographic variables and work-life balance during the covid-19 pandemic among working women with children in the ñuble region

Abstract

Introduction: Work and family are two relevant spheres, and in the COVID-19 pandemic they were developed in the same physical space: the home, with women being affected. Family reconciliation emerged in the 1990s due to the increase in women's participation in the labour market. Methodology: Quantitative, non-experimental, cross-sectional, descriptive-correlational; instruments: remotework conditions, sociodemographic variables questionnaire and work-family conflict scale, to 60 remoteworking mothers by means of snowball sampling. Results: There is conflict from work to family and not the other way round, as a result of the perception of a worsening of well-being at work due to the extension of working hours and lack of limits. Discussion: Double presence is more frequent in women and refers to the uneasiness generated by domestic demands affecting work performance. Conclusions: Together with the family factors of the sample, the socio-demographic variables (age of the participants, support in care and domestic work, educational level and socio-economic level) were mediating and conciliating factors so that the participants of the study not only kept their jobs but also did not present family conflict at work.