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http://dx.doi.org/10.14367/kjhep.2016.33.5.13

Longitudinal associations between job demands and health behaviors of middle-aged and older male workers  

Jung, Yunkyung (Department of Social Welfare, Hannam University)
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Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion / v.33, no.5, 2016 , pp. 13-21 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objectives: The present study aims to examine associations between job demands and problem drinking, smoking, and practice of regular exercise among middle-aged and older male employees. Methods: Analyses were based on 239 employees aged 50+ and participated the 1st(2006) and the 4th(2012) waves of the Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing(KLoSA). Panel logit regression analyses were performed to explore longitudinal associations between physical and cognitive job demands and the health behaviors when effects of demographic characteristics and objective job conditions were controlled. Results: Results suggested that first, workers who reported greater cognitive job demands were less likely to engage in problem drinking over the 6-year-period. Second, increased physical demands of the job were associated with greater odds of smoking, while physical demands predicted a reduced likelihood of practicing regular exercise. Conclusions: Results from the present analyses emphasize job demands could lead workers to problem health behaviors and suggest areas for health promotion efforts at the workplace that are sensitive to the needs of aging workers.
Keywords
middle-aged workers; health behaviors; physical demands; panel logit models;
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