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This article is the first to examine the association between self-reported general health and a wide range of working conditions at the European level and by type of welfare state regime. Data for 21,705 men and women ages 16 to 60 from 27 European countries were obtained from the 2010 European Working Conditions Survey. The influence of individual-level sociodemographic, physical, and psychosocial working conditions and of the organization of work were assessed in multilevel logistic regression analyses, with additional stratification by welfare state regime type (Anglo-Saxon, Bismarckian, Eastern European, Scandinavian, and Southern). At the European level, we found that "not good" general health was more likely to be reported by workers more exposed to hazardous working conditions. Most notably, tiring working positions, job strain, and temporary job contracts were strongly associated with a higher likelihood of reporting "not good" health. Analysis by welfare state regime found that only tiring or painful working conditions were consistently associated with worse self-reported health in all regimes. There was no evidence that the Scandinavian welfare regime protected against the adverse health effects of poor working conditions. The article concludes by examining the implications for comparative occupational health research.
Author(s): Bambra C, Lunau T, Eikemo T, van der Wel K, Dragano N
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: International Journal of Health Services
Year: 2014
Volume: 44
Issue: 1
Pages: 113-136
Print publication date: 01/01/2014
Online publication date: 01/01/2014
Acceptance date: 01/01/2014
Date deposited: 05/02/2017
ISSN (print): 0020-7314
ISSN (electronic): 1541-4469
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc.
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/HS.44.1.g
DOI: 10.2190/HS.44.1.g
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