- 作者：Junling Gao ; Eric J. Nehl ; Hua Fu ; Yingnan Jia ; Xingdi Liu ; Pinpin Zheng
- 关键词：Workplace ; Social capital ; Smoking ; China
- 刊名：Preventive Medicine
- 出版年：December, 2013
- 年：2013
- 卷：57
- 期：6
- 页码：831-836
- 全文大小：223 K
Objectives
The present study sought to investigate the associations between workplace social capital and smoking status among Chinese male employees.Methods
A cross sectional study with a two-stage stratified sampling procedure was conducted in Shanghai in 2012. In total, 1603 male workers from 35 workplaces were involved. Workplace social capital was assessed using a validated and psychometrically tested eight-item measure. Multilevel logistic regression analysis was conducted to explore whether individual-level social capital and aggregated workplace-level social capital were associated with smoking.
Results
Overall, 54.2% of the subjects smoked currently. After controlling for individual covariates (age, education level, marital status, occupational status and job stress), compared to workers in the highest quartile of individual-level social capital, the prevalence ratios of smoking for workers in the third quartile, second quartile and lowest quartile were 1.26 (95% CI: 1.11-1.38), 1.35 (95% CI: 1.19-1.50) and 1.39 (95% CI: 1.24-1.51) respectively. However, there was no relationship between workplace-level social capital and smoking status.
Conclusions
Higher individual-level social capital was associated with a lower likelihood of smoking among Chinese male employees. By contrast, no clear association was found between workplace-level social capital and smoking. Further longitudinal studies are warranted to examine the possible link between workplace social capital and smoking cessation in Chinese workplaces.