Overview of Work-Life Balance for Working Mothers Who Have Early Childhood During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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10.2991/978-2-38476-110-4_11How to use a DOI?

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COVID-19 pandemic; early childhood; work-life balance; working mother

Abstract

Working mothers have many challenges because there are risks that must be faced. Mothers who have multiple roles often feel sad and guilty, because they can’t accompany their children’s development process due to work. Early childhood is often considered unruly and problematic phase. Parents consider children at this age to be a difficult and problematic period. To prevent the spread of COVID-19, the government has issued various policies for determining work from home (WFH) for companies. One of the challenges for working mothers while doing WFH is that it’s difficult to achieve work-life balance. Work-life balance is an individual’s view of the balance and engagement between work and personal life. This study aims to describe the work-life balance of working mothers who have early childhood during the COVID-19 pandemic. This quantitative research with descriptive method collects data from participants using a Work/Nonwork Interference and Enhancement Scale questionnaire. All data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the Shapiro-Wilk normality test. The characteristics of the participants are working mothers, doing work from home, work from office, or mixed (doing both) policies, having early childhood child(ren) (0–8 years old), and domiciled in DKI Jakarta. To see a picture of the work-life balance of the research participants, the sample size used in this study was 127 participants. In general, for WIPL domain, 49.61% of participants were in the high category, while 50.39% were low. For PLIW domain, 58.27% of participants were in the high category, while 41.73% were low. Participants who were in the high category on the WEPL domain were 51.18%, and 48.82% were low. Lastly, participants who are in the high category on the PLEW domain by 51.97%, and the rest are in the low category (48.03%).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Teresa Katarina Mariel Loidy
AU  - Penny Handayani
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/11/07
TI  - Overview of Work-Life Balance for Working Mothers Who Have Early Childhood During the COVID-19 Pandemic
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th Green Development International Conference (GDIC 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 87
EP  - 103
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-110-4_11
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-110-4_11
ID  - Loidy2023
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