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. 2019 Oct 26;19:1381. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7746-5

Table 4.

Associations between occupational factors and Self-Rated Health (SRH) adjusted for covariates in men, 2013, PNS, Brazil

Model 1 Model 2
Men (N = 19,450) (N = 19,450)
OR 95% CI p-value OR 95% CI p-value
Employment characteristics
 Work status (ref: private employee) <.0001 0.0776
  Public employee 1.190 0.942 1.503 0.1452 0.972 0.779 1.214 0.8031
  Domestic worker 1.792 0.948 3.387 0.0723 1.211 0.594 2.466 0.5985
  Self-employed 1.521 1.342 1.723 <.0001 1.172 1.034 1.328 0.0128
 Economic activity (ref: manufacturing) <.0001 <.0001
  Agriculture 1.760 1.377 2.250 <.0001 1.708 1.337 2.181 <.0001
  Construction 1.089 0.860 1.380 0.4800 1.072 0.842 1.365 0.5735
  Services 1.109 0.917 1.341 0.2852 1.157 0.950 1.408 0.1460
 Occupation (ref: managers/professionals) <.0001 <.0001
  Technicians/associate professionals 1.186 0.880 1.599 0.2616 1.244 0.917 1.687 0.1609
  Clerks/service workers 1.681 1.327 2.130 <.0001 1.702 1.334 2.172 <.0001
  Manual workers 1.777 1.417 2.227 <.0001 1.852 1.464 2.344 <.0001
 Multiple job-holder 0.909 0.700 1.182 0.4780 0.911 0.696 1.192 0.4973
Working time/hours
 Working hours (ref: 21–44) 0.0007 0.0041
  ≤ 20 1.436 1.164 1.771 0.0007 1.389 1.112 1.736 0.0038
  ≥ 45 0.931 0.817 1.061 0.2827 0.930 0.816 1.061 0.2814
 Night/shift work (ref: no) 0.3238 0.3483
  Night work 0.966 0.808 1.156 0.7079 0.960 0.800 1.152 0.6616
  Night work and shift work 0.746 0.507 1.098 0.1378 0.760 0.521 1.109 0.1546
Psychosocial work factors
 Work stress 1.359 1.184 1.559 <.0001 1.387 1.207 1.592 <.0001
 Workplace violence 1.311 0.847 2.030 0.2239 1.231 0.793 1.910 0.3540
Physico-chemical exposures
 High physical activity 1.153 1.013 1.312 0.0310 1.223 1.070 1.397 0.0031
 Chemical agents 0.958 0.819 1.121 0.5924 0.976 0.830 1.148 0.7689
 Noise 0.972 0.843 1.120 0.6909 0.999 0.864 1.154 0.9870
 Exposure to sun 1.398 1.214 1.610 <.0001 1.335 1.155 1.544 <.0001
 Radioactive agents 1.170 0.721 1.898 0.5254 1.295 0.797 2.103 0.2966
 Urban waste 1.252 1.007 1.558 0.0436 1.262 0.999 1.593 0.0508
 Biological agents 0.805 0.545 1.189 0.2754 0.764 0.507 1.149 0.1958
 Marble dust 0.995 0.826 1.197 0.9562 1.026 0.848 1.241 0.7912

Results from weighted logistic regression analysis

Model 1: all occupational factors simultaneously

Model 2: model 1 + sociodemographic characteristics

Values in bold: significant at p < 0.05