Time trends of occupational differences in smoking behaviour of employed men and women in Germany : Results of the 1999-2013 microcensus

Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz
Benjamin KuntzThomas Lampert

Abstract

Studies show that people with a low occupational status are more likely to smoke than those with a high occupational status. Against the background of a general decline in tobacco consumption, time trends of occupational differences in smoking behaviour of employed men and women in Germany were examined. The analyses were based on the last five waves of the German microcensus that included questions about smoking (1999, 2003, 2005, 2009 and 2013), taking only employed men and women aged 18-64 years into account (n = 688,746). Information on occupational position was summarised using international classifications of occupation (ISEI-08 and ISCO-08). Raw and model-based standardized prevalence estimates of current smoking were calculated. Between 1999 and 2013, the proportion of smokers in the working population fell from 39.9 to 34.4% (men) and from 30.6 to 26.8% (women). Differences between occupational status groups increased significantly: while the prevalence of smoking among employees with high occupational status decreased, it remained largely stable in the low status group. In 2013, the occupations with the highest proportion of smokers were waste disposal workers, cleaning staff, unskilled workers, truck and bus drivers,...Continue Reading

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