Excellent Self-Rated Health among Swedish Boys and Girls and Its Relationship with Working Conditions in School: A Cross-Sectional Study

Sara Brolin Låftman, Maria Granvik Saminathen, Bitte Modin and Petra Löfstedt
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Sara Brolin Låftman: Department of Public Health Sciences, Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Maria Granvik Saminathen: Department of Public Health Sciences, Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Bitte Modin: Department of Public Health Sciences, Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Petra Löfstedt: Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Box 100, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 3, 1-9

Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which school demands, teacher support, and classmate support were associated with excellent self-rated health among students, and to examine if any such statistical predictions differed by gender. Data were drawn from the Swedish Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study of 2017/18, performed among adolescents in grades five, seven, and nine (n = 3701). Linear probability models showed that school demands were negatively associated with excellent self-rated health, whereas teacher and classmate support showed positive associations. The link with school demands was stronger for girls than boys, driven by the finding that in grades five and nine, school demands were associated with excellent self-rated health only among girls. In conclusion, the study suggests that working conditions in school in terms of manageable school demands and strong teacher and classmate support may benefit adolescents’ positive health. The finding that the link between school demands and excellent self-rated health was more evident among girls than among boys may be interpreted in light of girls’ on average stronger focus on schoolwork and academic success. The study contributes with knowledge about how working conditions in school may impede or promote students’ positive health.

Keywords: school demands; teacher support; classmate support; self-rated health; positive health; gender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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