Open AccessThe Association of Health Status and Employment Status for each Occupation: Results from a Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions in Japan 1
Author(s) -
Ariyoshi Mie,
Nishikitani Mariko,
Tsurugano Shinobu,
Inoue Mariko,
Yano Eiji
Publication year - 2023
Publication title -
japanese psychological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.392
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1468-5884
pISSN - 0021-5368
DOI - 10.1111/jpr.12379
Subject(s) - confounding , logistic regression , odds ratio , demography , association (psychology) , confidence interval , odds , psychology , gerontology , environmental health , medicine , sociology , pathology , psychotherapist
This study examined the association between occupation and health status among Japanese employees. The data from the Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions in Japan encompassed 102,575 employees (55,399 males and 47,176 females), who were employed workers aged 15–44 years. Self‐rated health was used as an indicator of health status in the health questionnaire. A multiple logistic regression analysis of the association between health status and occupation was conducted to estimate the odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) with an adjustment for confounding factors. When the non‐regular employees were assessed, many of their occupations were linked to poorer health tendencies in general, with the exception of male Service workers (OR 0.75, 95% CI 0.60–0.94). Finally, particular employment and occupations were observed as having better or worse health tendencies than other types of work.