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EmploymEnt, Work, And hEAlth InEquAlItIEs - a global perspective
have been illustrated with regard to gender and seP-related
health. The underlying mechanism is, however, difficult to uncover,
since the working conditions of different social groups are hardly
ever completely comparable (emslie et al., 1999a; emslie, hunt, &
Macintyre, 1999b), in particular between men and women (Messing
& silverstein, 2009). Given the already limited attention paid to
social variables in occupational health research, certainly these
cases of effect modification are less frequently studied (Wege et al.,
2008). The effects are mostly not as strong, compared to differential
exposure. nevertheless, differences in susceptibility are adding
important nuances to the pathway between work and social health
inequalities.
socio-economic differences in susceptibility are predominantly
studied with regard to psychosocial working conditions. research
shows that, among men, the impact of job strain on cVd is stronger
in blue-collar workers than in higher-seP jobs (Johnson & hall,
1988; Theorell et al., 1998; hallqvist, diderichsen, Theorell,
reuterwall, & ahlbom, 1998). similar findings are made in male and
female workers for associations between eri and cVd (Kuper,
singh-Manoux, siegrist, & Marmot, 2002) and between job strain
and high blood pressure (landsbergis, schnall, Pickering, Warren,
& schwartz, 2003). in a study by Wege et al. (2008), no effect
modification is reported for associations of job strain with poor selfrated
health, angina pectoris or depression, nor for associations of
eri with poor self-rated health or angina pectoris. in contrast,
differences in susceptibility are found for the association between
eri and depression. in each of the above-cited studies, the effects of
job stress are stronger in lower sePs. The same holds for the sePinteraction
effects of the associations of immaterial demands and
social support with emotional well-being and persistent fatigue,
respectively (Vanroelen, levecque, Moors, & louckx, 2010). in
contrast, however, the associations between persistent fatigue and
job control and between employment uncertainty and emotional
well-being are reported to be stronger in higher or intermediate
sePs (Vanroelen et al., 2010).
With regard to gender-related differences, Karlqvist, Tornqvist,
hagberg, hagman, and Toomingas (2002) report that female Vduoperators
experience more serious consequences of a number of
Vdu-related physical exposures and job strain on musculoskeletal
complaints. other findings supporting the stronger impact of
psychosocial working conditions on mental distress and physical
health complaints in women are reported by, among others, roxburgh
(1996) and Tytherleigh, Jacobs, Webb, ricketts and cooper (2007),
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