Utbildningens betydelse för hälsan
En studie i skillnad på ohälsa mellan akademiker och icke-akademiker
The main focus with this study was to investigate if there was a difference in level ofeducation and self-rated health and if it could be explained by the amount of control,demands and social support at work. Theories used in this essay are education, health,and the job strain-model (control, demands and social support at work). We used analready done study by Folkhälsoinstitutet (2004) to examine these questions. Theanalysed sample consists of respondents 12 166 aged 18-84 years. The decline was39, 2 %. The data was analyzed in SPSS 17.0 using a logistic regression with selfrated.The results show that there is a significant difference between the educationsgroups and health. The high educations group has better self-rated health. When itcomes to working conditions the high education groups have more control over workand they feel more social support from colleagues and management. But when itcomes to demands they experience more demands at work.