• Auriba Raza, Martin Claeson, Magnusson HansonLindaLStress Research Institute, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden., Hugo Westerlund, Marianna Virtanen, and Jaana I Halonen.
• Stress Research Institute, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
• Ann Behav Med. 2021 Feb 13.

BackgroundThe influence of individual and home neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) on health-related behaviors have been widely studied, but the majority of these studies have neglected the possible impact of the workplace neighborhood SES.ObjectiveTo examine within-individual associations between home and work place neighborhood SES and health-related behaviors in employed individuals.MethodsWe used participants from the Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health who responded to a minimum of two surveys between 2012 and 2018. Data included 12,932 individuals with a total of 35,332 observations. We used fixed-effects analysis with conditional logistic regression to examine within-individual associations of home, workplace, as well as time-weighted home and workplace neighborhood SES index, with self-reported obesity, physical activity, smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, sedentary lifestyle, and disturbed sleep.ResultsAfter adjustment for covariates, participants were more likely to engage in risky alcohol consumption when they worked in a workplace that was located in the highest SES area compared to time when they worked in a workplace that was located in the lowest SES area (adjusted odds ratios 1.98; 95% confidence interval: 1.12 to 3.49). There was an indication of an increased risk of obesity when individuals worked in the highest compared to the time when they worked in the lowest neighborhood SES area (1.71; 1.02-2.87). No associations were observed for the other outcomes.ConclusionThese within-individual comparisons suggest that workplace neighborhood SES might have a role in health-related behaviors, particularly alcohol consumption.© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Behavioral Medicine.

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