TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationship between health practices and education level in the rural japanese population
AU - Anzai, Yukiko
AU - Ohkubo, Takayoshi
AU - Nishino, Yoshikazu
AU - Tsuji, Ichiro
AU - Hisamichi, Shigeru
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Past studies in Europe and the USA have found that people with higher education levels have better health practices. The aim of this study was to examine the association between health practices and education level among people in a rural Japanese community. Data were derived from the Ohsaki National Health Insurance Cohort Study, which has been following 52,029 NHI beneficiaries, aged 40 to 79 years, in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The relationship between education level and seven health indices (smoking, drinking, body mass index, sleeping, exercise, breakfast, and snacks) was analyzed. Higher education was associated with shorter sleeping hours for both men and women, and lower BMI for women. In age groups younger than 70 years, people with higher education tended to exercise more. Smoking for women, alcohol consumption, and a Health Practices Index were not related to education levels. These results are different from those from Europe and the USA. This study suggest that the relationship between health practices and education level is weaker in Japan than in Europe and the USA.
AB - Past studies in Europe and the USA have found that people with higher education levels have better health practices. The aim of this study was to examine the association between health practices and education level among people in a rural Japanese community. Data were derived from the Ohsaki National Health Insurance Cohort Study, which has been following 52,029 NHI beneficiaries, aged 40 to 79 years, in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The relationship between education level and seven health indices (smoking, drinking, body mass index, sleeping, exercise, breakfast, and snacks) was analyzed. Higher education was associated with shorter sleeping hours for both men and women, and lower BMI for women. In age groups younger than 70 years, people with higher education tended to exercise more. Smoking for women, alcohol consumption, and a Health Practices Index were not related to education levels. These results are different from those from Europe and the USA. This study suggest that the relationship between health practices and education level is weaker in Japan than in Europe and the USA.
KW - Body mass index
KW - Education level
KW - Health practice
KW - Japanese
KW - Smoking, alcohol
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U2 - 10.2188/jea.10.149
DO - 10.2188/jea.10.149
M3 - Article
C2 - 10860298
AN - SCOPUS:34547135992
SN - 0917-5040
VL - 10
SP - 149
EP - 156
JO - Journal of Epidemiology
JF - Journal of Epidemiology
IS - 3
ER -