title: Social class differences in health behaviours among employees from Britain, Finland and Japan: the influence of psychosocial factors.
abstract: This study aims to examine social class differences in smoking, heavy drinking, unhealthy food habits, physical inactivity and obesity, and work-related psychosocial factors as explanations for these differences. This is done by comparing employee cohorts from Britain, Finland and Japan. Social class differences in health behaviours are found in the two western European countries, but not in Japan. The studied psychosocial factors related to work, work-family interface and social relationships did not explain the found class differences in health behaviours.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, PO Box 41, 00014 Helsinki, Finland. eero.lahelma@helsinki.fi
authors.forename: Eero
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lahelma
authors.forename: Tea
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lallukka
authors.forename: Mikko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Laaksonen
authors.forename: Pekka
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Martikainen
authors.forename: Ossi
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Rahkonen
authors.forename: Tarani
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chandola
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Head
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marmot
authors.forename: Sadanobu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kagamimori
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tatsuse
authors.forename: Michikazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sekine
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004651:Employment; D005387:Finland; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011584:Psychology; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012923:Social Class; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom