Social class inequalities in health among occupational cohorts from Finland, Britain and Japan: A follow up study

Eero Lahelma; Olli Pietiläinen; Ossi Rahkonen; Mika Kivimäki; Pekka Martikainen; Jane Ferrie; Michael Marmot; Martin Shipley; Michikazu Sekine; Takashi Tatsuse; Tea Lallukka

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.12.004

Social class inequalities in health among occupational cohorts from Finland, Britain and Japan: A follow up study

Eero Lahelma^*, Olli Pietiläinen, Ossi Rahkonen, Mika Kivimäki, Pekka Martikainen, Jane Ferrie, Michael Marmot, Martin Shipley, Michikazu Sekine, Takashi Tatsuse, Tea Lallukka

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We examined whether relative occupational social class inequalities in physical health functioning widen, narrow or remain stable among white collar employees from three affluent countries. Health functioning was assessed twice in occupational cohorts from Britain (1997-1999 and 2003-2004), Finland (2000-2002 and 2007) and Japan (1998-1999 and 2003). Widening inequalities were seen for British and Finnish men, whereas inequalities among British and Finnish women remained relatively stable. Japanese women showed reverse inequalities at follow up, but no health inequalities were seen among Japanese men. Health behaviours and social relations explained 4-37% of the magnitude in health inequalities, but not their widening.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	173-179
Number of pages	7
Journal	Health and Place
Volume	31
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.12.004
State	Published - 2015/01/01

Keywords

Britain
Finland
Follow up
Health inequalities
Japan

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Health(social science)
Sociology and Political Science
Life-span and Life-course Studies

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