HEALTH AND OTHER CHARACTERISTICS OF EMPLOYED WOMEN AND HOMEMAKERS IN TECUMSEH, 1959-1978 .2. PREVALENCE OF RESPIRATORY AND CARDIOVASCULAR SYMPTOMS AND ILLNESSES, MORTALITY-RATES AND PHYSICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS

Using data collected in 1959-60 and 1978-79 in the Tecumseh Community Health Study, characteristics of 866 women aged 20-44 vears at baseline were analvzed according to employment status, at baseline and follow-up (employed/employed, homemaker/employed, employed/homemaker and homemaker/homemaker). To avoid the bias of including unhealthy women with homemakers, disabled and retired women were excluded. There were few significant differences in health among the groups. Prevalence rates of respiratory conditions were slightly higher at follow-up for women employed at both exams more frequently reported current alcohol consumption than other women, and the association persisted after controlling for convariablrs. ans rates of gynecological problems did not differ significantly among employment groups. © 1990 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.