Working conditions, job dissatisfaction and smoking behaviours among French clerks and manual workers.
OBJECTIVE
To study the relationships between working conditions, job dissatisfaction and smoking behaviors among clerks and manual workers.


METHODS
We used data from the French Health Barometer, a cross-sectional telephone survey conducted among a national random sample (N = 4825). Regarding working conditions, the questionnaire dealt with reported job satisfaction, psychological demands and mental workload, physical demands, latitude decision and work schedule.


RESULTS
Manual workers and clerks who reported strong dissatisfaction toward unhealthy working conditions also reported more frequently current smoking, tobacco dependence, potential alcohol dependence and perceived stress. After adjusting for socio-demographic confounders, perceived working conditions and job dissatisfaction remained correlated with smoking and tobacco dependence.


CONCLUSIONS
Poor working conditions may heavily contribute to health inequalities, as they are likely to fuel both stress and unhealthy behaviors, which combine to increase morbidity and mortality.
Peretti-Watel
Patrick
P
INSERM, Université Aix Marseille, IRD, UMR, France. patrick.peretti-watel@inserm.fr
Constance
Jean
J
Seror
Valérie
V
Beck
François
F
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace; D055815:Young Adult