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The aim was to study the impact of different categories of working conditions on the association between occupational class and self-reported health in the working population.

Data were collected through a postal survey conducted in 1991 among inhabitants of 18 municipalities in the southeastern Netherlands. Data concerned 4521 working men and 2411 working women and included current occupational class (seven classes), working conditions (physical working conditions, job control, job demands, social support at work), perceived general health (very good or good versus less than good) and demographic confounders. Data were analysed with logistic regression techniques.

For both men and women we observed a higher odds ratio for a less than good perceived general health in the lower occupational classes …