Physical and psychosocial working conditions as explanations for occupational class inequalities in self-rated health

Abstract

Physical working conditions explained a large part and job control, a somewhat smaller part of socio-economic inequalities in SRH. Improving physical working conditions and increasing job control provide potential routes to reduced inequalities in health among employees.

Explaining educational differences in sickness absence: a population-based follow-up study

“…However including the psychosocial factors leads to a smaller reduction than using physical factors alone and might Kaikkonen et al reveal the mixed explanatory power of psychosocial factors. As shown in table 1, high job demands are more common among women (35%) than men (21%) and this variety of mixed results are in the line with earlier studies using self-rated health as outcome (37). A more detailed analysis could provide answers to the somewhat interesting gender differences.…”

Arbeit und gesundheitliche Ungleichheit

“…Dies kann dazu führen, dass junge Erwachsene mit niedrigen Bildungsabschlüssen schon beim Eintritt in das Berufsleben vorbelastet sind, da sie bereits während ihrer Kindheit und Jugend mit negativen gesundheitlichen Folgen von Armut und Benachteiligung konfrontiert waren [23]. Gesundheitliche Selektionseffekte können zudem im gesamten Ver- [11,30,31,33,36,[39][40][41].…”

Socioeconomic status, achieving occupational aspirations and sickness absence: A population based longitudinal study of Norwegian youths

“…Current research on socioeconomic status and sickness absence has focused on health behavior and the physical and psychosocial environment at work as mediators in this relationship [2,[4][5][6]. Aspiration achievement has not previously been tested as a mediator, and distinguishes itself from the previously examined mediators by involving comparisons of the current situation with previous expectations.…”

“…Previous research has focused on examining health behavior and physical and psychosocial environment at work as potential mechanisms explaining this relationship [2,[4][5][6]. However, the relationship between socioeconomic status and sickness absence is still poorly understood [7].…”