Mothers in Lockdown Due to COVID-19 in Mexico: Does Having a Paid Job Make a Difference?
Por:
Calleja, Nazira, Mota, Cecilia
Publicada:
1 sep 2022
Resumen:
Worldwide lockdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic had one thing in
common between different countries: they highly affected family life in
different ways. However, the way they affected women with young children
has not been well studied. With the purpose of evaluating the experience
of lockdown in Mexico in mothers with and without a paid job carried out
at home, 220 Mexican women between 24 and 55 years of age, with one or
more children under 15 years of age and who lived with their partner,
answered online questionnaires. The results show that, although most of
the domestic tasks were carried out by the mothers, the partners of
those who had a paid job significantly collaborated more with them.
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) were frequently used
in both groups, but mothers working from home used them to a greater
extent. For these mothers, work overload and confinement were among the
main problems caused by the lockdown measures, while the economic
situation was the main issue for the group with no paid jobs. Both
groups considered family coexistence and the lack of the need to hurry
as the advantages of lockdown. To face it, the participants mainly
carried out coexistence and entertainment activities. To explain these
differences between mothers with and without teleworking, new studies
will need to be carried out.
Filiaciones:
Calleja, Nazira:
Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Psicol, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Mota, Cecilia:
Instituto Nacional de Perinatología, Ciudad de México 11000, Mexico
Inst Nacl Perinatol, Mexico City 11000, DF, Mexico
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