Prevalence of employment and working conditions, psychosocial exposure, health characteristics and drug consumption, by type of employment and sex (%)
Frontline workers | Non-frontline workers | |||||
Women | Men | Total | Women | Men | Total | |
Employment and working conditions | ||||||
Temporary contract | 28.8 | 15.3 | 21.9 | 23.3 | 17.0 | 20.3 |
Salary sometimes, only once or never covers basic needs | 39.4 | 26.0 | 32.2 | 27.0 | 20.5 | 23.9 |
Psychosocial exposure | ||||||
Exposed to high emotional demands | 71.8 | 57.7 | 64.4 | 70.8 | 69.0 | 70.0 |
Exposed to low social support | 44.1 | 42.1 | 43.0 | 41.8 | 38.1 | 40.1 |
Exposed to high job insecurity | 27.4 | 31.7 | 29.5 | 37.0 | 39.5 | 38.2 |
Exposed to high work–family conflict | 49.2 | 47.8 | 48.6 | 56.4 | 53.6 | 55.1 |
Exposed to high strain | 50.7 | 38.5 | 44.3 | 40.8 | 36.9 | 39.0 |
Health characteristics and drug consumption | ||||||
Worse general health than before the state of alarm | 45.5 | 28.8 | 36.6 | 46.6 | 33.9 | 37.4 |
At high risk of suffering poor mental health: | 68.7 | 46.9 | 56.8 | 60.3 | 44.1 | 52.6 |
Increased tranquiliser consumption among those who were taking them before the state of alarm* | 39.3 | 26.4 | 34.2 | 41.5 | 29.3 | 37.4 |
Started to consume tranquilisers during the state of alarm† | 20.5 | 9.7 | 14.7 | 14.9 | 8.7 | 11.9 |
Increased painkiller (opioid) consumption among those who were taking them before the state of alarm* | 32.5 | 21.6 | 28.5 | 28.1 | 17.3 | 24.7 |
Started to consume painkillers (opioids) during the state of alarm† | 15.3 | 9.2 | 12.0 | 10.3 | 8.5 | 9.5 |
*Category not shown: same dose.
†Category not shown: still not consuming.