TY - JOUR
T1 - Smoking and sedentary behavior as related to work organization
AU - Johansson, Gunn
AU - Johnson, Jeffrey V.
AU - Hall, Ellen M.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements-This work was supportedb y a grant from theJ ohn D. and CatherineT . MacArthur Foundation (Karolinska node of the network on Determinantsa nd Consequenceosf Health-DamagingB ehavior).It was facilitated by support to Gunn Johansson from the Swedish Council for Researchin the Humanitiesa nd SocialS ciences, and to JeffreyJ ohnsonf rom the SwedishW ork Environment Fund (grant No. 86-119)a nd The National Institute of Health (grant No. NHLBl R29 HL39633).
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PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - There is little research which has investigated whether working life may affect health behaviors. However, there is data suggesting that smoking as well as leisure activities are affected during times of stress. Both theoretical work and research suggests that work may socialize people such that the use of leisure time for active pursuits, including exercise, may be contingent upon jobs which promote interaction, learning, and activity on the job. In investigating whether the psychosocial structure of work might affect smoking and sedentary behavior, a subsample (n = 7.201) of a representative sample of the Swedish population aged 16-65 years was selected for study. Reports on job characteristics and health behaviors were obtained in personal or telephone interviews and a logistic regression analysis was performed. In general, job demands like shift work, piece work, hazardous exposure, and physical load tended to be associated with smoking and sedentary behavior, whereas job resources, including personal autonomy, were predictive of regular exercise, but unrelated to smoking behavior. Correlational patterns varied somewhat between sexes. The implications of these findings with respect to work organization, considerations in epidemiological research, and the conduct of health promotion programs are discussed.
AB - There is little research which has investigated whether working life may affect health behaviors. However, there is data suggesting that smoking as well as leisure activities are affected during times of stress. Both theoretical work and research suggests that work may socialize people such that the use of leisure time for active pursuits, including exercise, may be contingent upon jobs which promote interaction, learning, and activity on the job. In investigating whether the psychosocial structure of work might affect smoking and sedentary behavior, a subsample (n = 7.201) of a representative sample of the Swedish population aged 16-65 years was selected for study. Reports on job characteristics and health behaviors were obtained in personal or telephone interviews and a logistic regression analysis was performed. In general, job demands like shift work, piece work, hazardous exposure, and physical load tended to be associated with smoking and sedentary behavior, whereas job resources, including personal autonomy, were predictive of regular exercise, but unrelated to smoking behavior. Correlational patterns varied somewhat between sexes. The implications of these findings with respect to work organization, considerations in epidemiological research, and the conduct of health promotion programs are discussed.
KW - job socialization
KW - sedentary behavior
KW - smoking
KW - stress
KW - work organization
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U2 - 10.1016/0277-9536(91)90310-9
DO - 10.1016/0277-9536(91)90310-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 2028279
AN - SCOPUS:0026081247
SN - 0277-9536
VL - 32
SP - 837
EP - 846
JO - Social Science and Medicine
JF - Social Science and Medicine
IS - 7
ER -