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

Eero Lahelma; Tea Lallukka; Mikko Laaksonen; Pekka Martikainen; Ossi Rahkonen; Tarani Chandola; Jenny Head; Michael Marmot; Sadanobu Kagamimori; Takashi Tatsuse; Michikazu Sekine

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.08.004

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

Eero Lahelma, Tea Lallukka, Mikko Laaksonen, Pekka Martikainen, Ossi Rahkonen, Tarani Chandola, Jenny Head, Michael Marmot, Sadanobu Kagamimori, Takashi Tatsuse, Michikazu Sekine

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Abstract

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. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	61-70
Number of pages	9
Journal	Health and Place
Volume	16
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.08.004
Publication status	Published - Jan 2010

Keywords

Comparison
Explanations
Health behaviours
Psychosocial factors
Social class

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Lahelma, E., Lallukka, T., Laaksonen, M., Martikainen, P., Rahkonen, O., Chandola, T., Head, J., Marmot, M., Kagamimori, S., Tatsuse, T., & Sekine, M. (2010). Social class differences in health behaviours among employees from Britain, Finland and Japan: The influence of psychosocial factors. Health and Place, 16(1), 61-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.08.004

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

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