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Document ID (ISN)69690
CIS number 97-1742
ISSN - Serial title 0047-1879 - Japanese Journal of Industrial Health - Sangyō-Igaku
Year 1993
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Nakagawa K., et al.
Title Difference in perceived health between blue- and white-collar workers of a manufacturing factory by a self-administered questionnaire
Original title Jikishiki ankēto ni yoru seizōgyō jūjisha ni okeru kenkō ishiki no shokushu ni yoru sa-i [in Japanese]
Bibliographic information May 1993, Vol.35, No.3, p.188-197. Illus. 16 ref.
Abstract A survey using self-administered questionnaire was conducted. The subjects were 1,428 male workers in a tire manufacturing factory, consisting of 1,185 blue-collar workers and 243 white-collar workers. Most of the blue-collar workers were engaged in shift work consisting of three shifts per day. The questionnaire included 32 items concerning health habits, life and job satisfaction, mental stress, and "type A" [stress-prone] behaviour. Older workers had better health habits than younger ones both in white- and blue-collar categories. The white-collar workers were more satisfied with their life and jobs, and also showed type A behaviour at a higher rate. As for fatigue and dissatisfaction associated with shift work, the workers' complaints increased in the order day shift, evening shift, midnight shift. Older workers had fewer complaints than younger ones. These results suggest that health management and education will be more effective if the working conditions and the background of each worker are taken into consideration.
Descriptors (primary) Japan; human behaviour; white-collar workers; age-linked differences; blue-collar workers; mental stress
Descriptors (secondary) questionnaire survey
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceJapan
Subject(s) Psychology and sociology
Broad subject area(s) Stress, psychosocial factors
Browse category(ies) Psychological factors
Mental stress and burnout