The contribution of work and health-related lifestyle to educational inequalities in physical health among older workers in Germany. A causal mediation analysis with data from the lidA cohort study.

Autor/inn/en	Rohrbacher, Max; Hasselhorn, Hans Martin
Titel	The contribution of work and health-related lifestyle to educational inequalities in physical health among older workers in Germany. A causal mediation analysis with data from the lidA cohort study. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Der Beitrag von Arbeit und gesundheitsbezogenem Lebensstil zu Bildungsungleichheiten in der körperlichen Gesundheit älterer Arbeitnehmer in Deutschland. Eine kausale Mediationsanalyse mit Daten aus der lidA-Kohortenstudie.
Quelle	In: PLOS ONE, 18 (2023) Art. e0285319, 22 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1932-6203
DOI	10.1371/journal.pone.0285319
Schlagwörter	Bildungsniveau; Soziale Ungleichheit; Gesundheitsverhalten; Gesundheitszustand; Arbeitsbedingungen; Qualifikation; Auswirkung; Einflussfaktor; IAB-Datensatz Leben in der Arbeit; Lebensweise; Älterer Arbeitnehmer; Deutschland
Abstract	"Objectives: The objective of the study was to investigate the contribution of work factors and health-related lifestyle to educational inequalities in physical health among older workers in Germany by applying causal mediation analysis with longitudinal data. Methods: Data from the German lidA study was used. 2653 persons (53% female, 47% male) aged 46 (born 1965) and 52 (born 1959) at baseline were followed up for seven years with exposure and outcome assessments in 2011 (t0), 2014 (t1) and 2018 (t2). The total effect of education on physical health was decomposed into a natural direct effect (NDE) and a natural indirect effect (NIE) by using a sex-stratified causal mediation analysis with an inverse odds weighting approach. Baseline health, partner status and working hours were entered as a first set of mediators preceding the putative mediators of interest. All analyses were adjusted for age and migrant status. Results: Independent of the first set of mediators, work factors explained 21% of educational inequalities in physical health between low and high educated women and 0% comparing moderate versus high educated women. The addition of health behaviors explained further 26% (low vs. high education) and 20% (moderate vs. high education), respectively. Among men, net of the first set of mediators, work factors explained 5% of educational inequalities in physical health between low and high educated and 6% comparing moderate versus high educated persons. Additional 24% (low vs. high education) and 27% (moderate vs. high education) were explained by adding health behaviors to the models. Conclusions: To reduce educational inequalities in physical health among older workers in Germany, interventions to promote healthy behaviors are promising. Improving working conditions is likely an important prerequisite." The study refers to the period 2011-2018. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku)..
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2024/1