This article presents the theoretical framework, the construction method and the initial analyses of a new category associated with the official French socio-economic classification (Professions et catégories socioprofessionnelles [PCS 2020]), named ‘top-level executives and professionals’, which aims to identify the most top-ranking occupations in...
Objectifs Étudier le risque de contamination par le SARS-CoV-2 selon le métier, en tenant compte des facteurs socioéconomiques associés à l’épidémie. Méthodes L’enquête a été réalisée par questionnaire auprès de travailleurs suivis par six services de prévention et de santé au travail (SPST) franciliens, L’enquête a eu lieu entre novembre 2021 et j...
This study aims to ascertain occupations potentially at greatest risk of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 based on pre-lockdown working conditions in France. We combined two French population-based surveys documenting workplace exposures to infectious agents, face-to-face contact with the public, and working with colleagues just before the pandemic. Then, fo...
Citizenship is a fundamental boundary in contemporary societies that entails rights, a sense of belonging, and social status. Drawing on longitudinal census data, this article tracks individual changes in self-reported citizenship over 30 years in France. Respondents choose one of three categories: “French by birth,” “became French,” or “foreigner....
Previous research shows that sleep time is shaped by family constraints and paid work organisation. However, the impact of both work and family on sleep routines is relatively unknown. Using the 2009–2010 French Time Use Survey, this article examines how workers’ sleep routines are affected by paid work and family situation, and emphasises the soci...
Au fil d’une carrière, on peut changer de position dans la hiérarchie ou encore, passer du chômage à un emploi. Est-il plus fréquent pour les générations récentes de monter (ou descendre) les barreaux de l’échelle sociale, que pour les précédentes ?
Over 25 years, the time devoted to sleep remained stable, except among older adults, whose sleep time decreased. Its place in daily routines did not remain fixed, however. Bedtimes moved progressively later, partly due to the growing popularity of evening TV programmes that kept viewers up for longer. Time devoted to sleep is socially structured. S...
In 2018, life expectancy at age 35 was almost 50 years for men in higher-level occupations versus 44 years for manual workers, a gap of nearly 6 years. These differences remain large at age 62: 3 years 6 months for men and 2 years 8 months for women. Despite a younger retirement age, male manual workers spend 2 fewer years in retirement than men in...
En 2018, l’espérance de vie à 35 ans des hommes cadres est de près de 50 ans, contre 44 ans pour les ouvriers, soit presque 6 ans d’écart. Ces écarts d’espérance de vie sont encore importants à 62 ans : 3 ans et 6 mois ans chez les hommes, 2 ans et 8 mois chez les femmes. En dépit d’un départ à la retraite plus précoce, les ouvriers passent 2 année...
Introduction and Objective Occupational risk factors can mediate the effect of socioeconomic status on mortality; however, the reduction in social disparities in mortality that could be achieved by modifying employment and working conditions has been under-studied. Our aim was to quantify the role of occupational risk factors (lack of job control, ...
