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A Gender-Based Analysis of The Consequences of Employment Reductions on Well-Being: Plant Workers in Two Newfoundland Fishing Outports

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
April 1988

Abstract

This study, conducted among fish plant workers in Newfoundland fishing outports, reports a gender analysis of the consequences of employment reductions. Quantitative and qualitative interview data were collected from 19 women and 23 men who ranged in age from 18 to 56 years. Both men and women reported statistically significant negative changes in the frequency of emotional and physical symptoms before and after the employment reductions. There were no significant differences between men and women with respect to changes in symptom frequency, indicating that the impact of the reductions was no less serious for women than for men. Qualitative data raise questions for further study about differences in the dynamics of employment loss impacts based on gender roles and responsibilities within the family. Differences in the number of sources of social support for, and emotional support offered by women and men also support the need for further research about gender differences in coping resources.

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On a fait une étude parmi les travailleurs d'une usine de pècheries d'un village de Terre-Neuve dans le but d'analyser les consèquences de la mise à pied sous l'aspect de l'appartenance à un sexe. On a recucilli des donnèes quantitatives et qualitatives au moyen d'entrevues faites auprès de 19 femmes et 23 hommes dont l'àge variait entre 18 et 56 ans. Aussi bien chez les hommes que chez les femmes, on a constatè des changements nègatifs statistiquenment significatifs dans la fréquence des symptômes èmotifs et physiques avant et après la mise à pied, Il n'y avait pas de diffèrence significative entre les hommes et les femmes en ce qui concerne la frèrence des symptömes: ainsi l'impact de la mise à pied n'est pas moins sérieux chez les hommes que chez les femmes, Les données qualitatives soulèvent des questions pouvant conduire à d'éventuelles recherches sur la dynamique des effets de la perte d'emploi par rapport aux rôles masculin et féminin au sein de la famille. Les diffèrences dans les sources de support social de merne que le type de support èmotif offert par les hommes et par les femmes indiquent qu'il y aurait lieu d'approfondir les fačons diffèrentes de composer avec cette situation chez les hommes et chez les femmes.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 7Number 1April 1988
Pages: 67 - 79

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Version of record online: 29 April 2009

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Marilyn Taylor

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