Working conditions and social inequalities in health

Working conditions and social inequalities in health.

Global precarious employment and health inequalities: working conditions, social class, or precariat?

Changes in employment conditions since the 1980s have been referred to as precarious employment, and terms like flexible, atypical, temporary, part-time, contract, self-employed, irregular, or non-standard employment have also been used. In this essay I review some of the current critiques to the precarious employment construct and advance some potential solutions for its use in epidemiology an...

The social gradient in work and health: a cross-sectional study exploring the relationship between working conditions and health inequalities

BACKGROUND Social inequalities in health are widely examined. But the reasons behind this phenomenon still remain unclear in parts. It is undisputed that the work environment plays a crucial role in this regard. However, the contribution of psychosocial factors at work is unclear and inconsistent, and most studies are limited with regard to work factors and health outcomes. This study, therefor...

Socioeconomic inequalities in health in the working population: the contribution of working conditions.

BACKGROUND The aim was to study the impact of different categories of working conditions on the association between occupational class and self-reported health in the working population. METHODS Data were collected through a postal survey conducted in 1991 among inhabitants of 18 municipalities in the southeastern Netherlands. Data concerned 4521 working men and 2411 working women and include...

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

BACKGROUND Socio-economic health inequalities are well documented, but efforts to explain health inequalities are less. However, previous studies suggest that working conditions provide potential explanations for inequalities in health. METHODS Cross-sectional questionnaire survey data, collected from municipal employees of the City of Helsinki, aged 40-60 years (n = 8960, response rate 67%) ...