If the individual was retired, information on his/her last occupation was used to define his/her occupational position category.
A consistent positive association between marital status [ 3], occupational position [ 4], low educational level, economic difficulties [ 5] and weight gain has been reported.
The cohort was also stratified according to educational level and occupational position, and increased mortality was seen across levels of education and occupation (results not shown).
Occupational category interacted with occupational position for women.
Having a highly educated workforce and higher occupational position is equated with high productivity.
A privileged family background helps one gain an advantageous occupational position in the social hierarchy.
However, no significant association was found between occupational position and plasma fibrinogen for men.
Because of this, the access to social capital of immigrants might be higher than suggested by their occupational position alone.
Pereira, Snel, and 't Hart (2015) found recently that non-EU migrants were unable to improve their occupational position in the longer run.
Pöysti et al. [13] reported that some factors, such as drivers' age, amount of phone usage, and occupational position, were related to phone-related hazards.
It reflects the occupational position, economic security and material circumstances of the family, for example nutrition, housing and access to healthcare.
