title: A comparative study of health-promoting lifestyles in agricultural and non-agricultural workers in Japan.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To clarify the difference in health-promoting lifestyles between agricultural and non-agricultural workers in Japan, a cross-sectional study was conducted on 627 residents living in a town with a mixed rural-urban population.
  
  
  METHODS
  The subjects were divided into 8 groups by job (agricultural and non-agricultural), age (young and old), and gender (male and female). To evaluate the subjects' lifestyles, the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP-II) was applied. The Bartlett test and the Kendall rank test were performed for statistical analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no significant difference in the overall score of the HPLP-II between the two job groups. However, for the HPLP-II subscales, a significantly higher score for "spiritual growth" and a significantly lower score for "physical activity" were seen in the agricultural group than in the non-agricultural group. In general, the old and female groups showed higher scores than the corresponding groups, regardless of job type.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It was determined that the major countermeasures to maintain a healthy lifestyle in agricultural workers should be associated with how to introduce daily activities that maintain and enhance "spiritual growth" and improve "physical activity".
authors: Department of Preventive and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan, melody0724978@yahoo.co.jp.
authors: Shi-Chen
authors: SC
authors: Zhang
authors: Chang-Nian
authors: CN
authors: Wei
authors: Kumiko
authors: K
authors: Fukumoto
authors: Koichi
authors: K
authors: Harada
authors: Kimiyo
authors: K
authors: Ueda
authors: Keiko
authors: K
authors: Minamoto
authors: Atsushi
authors: A
authors: Ueda
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000383:Agriculture; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity; D009790:Occupations; D012737:Sex Factors; D029181:Spirituality; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult