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- Title
Work-place social capital and smoking cessation: the Finnish Public Sector Study.
- Authors
Kouvonen, Anne; Oksanen, Tuula; Vahtera, Jussi; Väänänen, Ari; De Vogli, Roberto; Elovainio, Marko; Pentti, Jaana; Leka, Stavroula; Cox, Thomas; Kivimäki, Mika
- Abstract
Aims To examine whether high social capital at work is associated with an increased likelihood of smoking cessation in baseline smokers. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting Finland. Participants A total of 4853 employees who reported to be smokers in the baseline survey in 2000–2002 (response rate 68%) and responded to a follow-up survey on smoking status in 2004–2005 (response rate 77%). Measurements Work-place social capital was assessed using a validated and psychometrically tested eight-item measure. Control variables included sex, age, socio-economic position, marital status, place of work, heavy drinking, physical activity, body mass index and physician-diagnosed depression. Findings In multi-level logistic regression models adjusted for all the covariates, the odds for being a non-smoker at follow-up were 1.26 [95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.03–1.55] times higher for baseline smokers who reported high individual-level social capital than for their counterparts with low social capital. In an analysis stratified by socio-economic position, a significant association between individual-level social capital and smoking cessation was observed in the high socio-economic group [odds ratio (OR) (95% CI) = 1.63 (1.01–2.63)], but not in intermediate [(OR = 1.10 (0.83–1.47)] or low socio-economic groups [(OR = 1.28 (0.86–1.91)]. Work unit-level social capital was not associated with smoking cessation. Conclusions If the observed associations are causal, these findings suggest that high perceived social capital at work may facilitate smoking cessation among smokers in higher-status jobs.
- Subjects
SOCIAL capital; SMOKING; SMOKING cessation; WORK environment; REGRESSION analysis; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
- Publication
Addiction, 2008, Vol 103, Issue 11, p1857
- ISSN
0965-2140
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02315.x