Occupational Grade Found To Affect Health
Friday, April 27th, 2007Research conducted by University College London (UCL) has revealed that men and women of lower occupational grades experience a faster deterioration of health in later life. The study was carried out on 10,308 civil servants aged between 35 and 55, over a period of 20 years.
While mental health was found to improve at a later age, the research also found that the rate at which it improves was slower for those who worked in lower levels of employment. Researchers have voiced their concerns about how their findings will affect the UK’s ageing population and how it will have important implications for government policies tackling health inequalities.
