Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico.
Instituto Nacional de Perinatología, Ciudad de México 11000, Mexico.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Sep 3;19(17):11014. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191711014.
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.
由于 COVID-19 大流行而在全球范围内实施的封锁措施有一个共同点：它们以不同的方式严重影响了家庭生活。然而，它们对有年幼子女的妇女的影响尚未得到充分研究。为了评估在墨西哥，有和没有在家工作的报酬的母亲在封锁期间的经历，对 220 名年龄在 24 至 55 岁之间、有一个或多个 15 岁以下子女且与伴侣同住的墨西哥妇女进行了在线问卷调查。结果表明，尽管大部分家务都是由母亲承担，但有带薪工作的母亲的伴侣与她们的合作程度显著更高。两组人都经常使用信息和通信技术（ICT），但在家工作的母亲使用的程度更大。对于这些母亲来说，工作负担过重和被隔离是封锁措施带来的主要问题，而对于没有带薪工作的群体来说，经济状况是主要问题。两个群体都认为家庭共存和无需匆忙是封锁的优势。为了应对封锁，参与者主要开展了共存和娱乐活动。为了解释有和没有远程办公的母亲之间的这些差异，需要开展新的研究。
