American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Volume 59, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1105-1111

Association between long work hours and poor self-reported general health among Latin American immigrant and native workers in the United States and Spain (Article)

Conway S.H.* , Cayuela A. , Delclos G.L. , Pompeii L.A. , Ronda E.
  • a Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States
  • b Department of Community Nursing, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, and History of Science, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain, Public Health Research Group, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
  • c Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States, Center for Research in Occupational Health (CiSAL), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain, Center for Biomedical Network Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
  • d Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States
  • e Department of Community Nursing, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, and History of Science, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain, Public Health Research Group, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain, Center for Research in Occupational Health (CiSAL), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, Center for Biomedical Network Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain

Abstract

Background: The relationship between hours worked per week and self-reported general health (SRGH) has not been assessed in Latin American immigrant and native workers across host countries. Methods: Cross-sectional study of the association between long work hours (LWH) (i.e., >51 hr per week) and poor SRGH using data from 2,626 workers in the United States (immigrants = 10.4%) and 8,306 workers in Spain (immigrants = 4.1%). Results: Both countries’ natives working >51 hr per week had increased odds of reporting poor SRGH compared to those working fewer hours (U.S.: OR = 1.59; 95%CI = 1.01–2.49; Spain: OR = 2.17; 95%CI = 1.71–2.75); when stratified by sex, increased odds also were observed among immigrant female workers in Spain (OR = 3.47; 95%CI = 1.15–10.5). Conclusions: LWH were associated with differential health outcomes in populations of native and Latin American immigrant workers in the United States and Spain, which may reflect social or occupational inequalities in general or resulting from the 2008 financial crisis. Am. J. Ind. Med. 59:1105–1111, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Author Keywords

work schedule tolerance long work hours Self-reported health Spain occupational health United States Immigrant workers

Index Keywords

South and Central America Latin America occupational disease human sex difference middle aged Occupational Diseases Humans ethnology Work Schedule Tolerance Cross-Sectional Studies United States Young Adult cross-sectional study migrant Diagnostic Self Evaluation workplace Adolescent psychology male Emigrants and Immigrants self evaluation Spain female work schedule adult Sex Factors
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84994115575&doi=10.1002%2fajim.22633&partnerID=40&md5=7c39e4cb1e22c65c146732c8e36f889e
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22633
ISSN: 02713586
Cited by: 6
Original Language: English