Social class differences in health behaviours among employees from Britain, Finland and Japan: the influence of psychosocial factors.

This study aims to examine social class differences in smoking, heavy drinking, unhealthy food habits, physical inactivity and obesity, and work-related psychosocial factors as explanations for these differences. This is done by comparing employee cohorts from Britain, Finland and Japan. Social clas...

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Publicado en:	Health & Place Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 61 - 71
Autores principales:	Lahelma E, Lallukka T, Laaksonen M, Martikainen P, Rahkonen O, Chandola T, Head J, Marmot M, Kagamimori S, Tatsuse T, Sekine M, Lahelma, Eero, Lallukka, Tea, Laaksonen, Mikko, Martikainen, Pekka, Rahkonen, Ossi, Chandola, Tarani, Head, Jenny, Marmot, Michael, Kagamimori, Sadanobu
Formato:	research Journal Article
Publicado:	Elsevier B.V. Jan2010
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Sumario:	This study aims to examine social class differences in smoking, heavy drinking, unhealthy food habits, physical inactivity and obesity, and work-related psychosocial factors as explanations for these differences. This is done by comparing employee cohorts from Britain, Finland and Japan. Social class differences in health behaviours are found in the two western European countries, but not in Japan. The studied psychosocial factors related to work, work-family interface and social relationships did not explain the found class differences in health behaviours.