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Most staff feel that they work in an environment that allows them to successfully balance work and personal life, however 14% (408/2956) of respondents disagreed or strongly disagreed.

Most staff (60%) feel some or a little stress as a result of balancing work and personal life; 13% feel a great deal of stress and 27% feel no stress at all due to work/life balance. More women (15%) than men (9%) feel a great deal of this kind of stress. This kind of stress especially affects younger staff, and the proportion of staff feeling a great deal of stress decreases with age from 17% of those younger than 35 to 8% of those 55 or older.

9% (254/2817) of respondents reported having a spouse or partner who works at NC State.

Flexible working hours and tuition waiver for dependents are two benefits that a large majority (73% and 71%, respectively) of staff think are very important. Several other possible benefits are viewed as very important by about half the respondents: proactive wellness programs (54%), employee assistance programs (51%), affordable childcare on or near campus (50%), telecommuting options (50%), and domestic partner benefits (45%).

These types of benefits are rated as very important by more women than men. 81% of women and 60% of men rate flexible working hours as very important. 57% of women and 39% of men rate quality affordable childcare near campus as very important. 75% of women and 65% of men rate tuition waiver for dependents as very important. For each of the benefits listed in the previous paragraph, the benefit is very important to a higher percentage of women than men, by 10 to 20 percentage points.

A substantial fraction of respondents (1247/2827=44%), both women and men, reported that they would be very likely to use a tuition waiver benefit for their children or spouse within the next 5 years if it were available.