Sex inequalities in physical and mental functioning of British, Finnish, and Japanese civil servants: Role of job demand, control and work hours

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 595-603

  Sekine, Michikazu ^a   Tatsuse, Takashi ^a   Kagamimori, Sadanobu ^a   Chandola, Tarani ^b   Cable, Noriko ^b   Marmot, Michael ^b   Martikainen, Pekka ^c   Lallukka, Tea ^c   Rahkonen, Ossi ^c   Lahelma, Eero ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Civil sevants; Finland; Gender; Health inequalities; Japan; Job demand; Psychosocial stress; UK

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER ISSUE; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRITISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FINNISH; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POLICY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36; WELFARE; WORK CAPACITY; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; FINLAND; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

FINLAND; JAPAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80051781056     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.06.026     Document Type: Article

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