Erwerbstätige mit privaten Pflegeaufgaben am Beispiel zweier schweizerischer Unternehmen

Abstract

In the future, more persons in the workforce will provide care and assistance to a family member while being employed. Little is known about this group in Switzerland. Comprehensive research has to be conducted on the phenomenon of the reconciliation and the interrelation of pertinent indicators. This paper describes a multivariate analysis of factors influencing the commitment and extent of family care, based on two surveys among employees in a public administration and a private company. Age, gender and wage level are relevant factors for the commitment to care, while characteristics of specific care situations correlate with the provided extent of care. Also, divergences between the two employers illustrate the effect of structural variables, allowing a closer insight into measures supporting reconciliation between work and care.