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Poll: 1 in 4 US Workers Say Work Has a Positive Impact on Their Health

Many studies have been done on the negative impact of work on your health. But a recent study found that work’s impact on your health can actually be positive.

In a new NPR/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health poll, 44% of working adults said their current job has an impact on their overall health’and 28% said that impact is positive.

Of course, the bad news is that, of the more than 1,600 US workers surveyed, 16% reported that their current job has a negative impact on their health. Workers most likely to say their job has a negative impact on their overall health include those:

  • With disabilities (35%)
  • In dangerous jobs (27%)
  • In low-paying jobs (26%)
  • Working 50+ hours per week (25%)
  • Working in retail (26%).

A number of working adults also reported that their job has a negative impact on their:

In addition, 22% of working adults said that something at their job may be harmful to their health, including 43% of construction or outdoor workers and 34% of workers in medical jobs.

Among workers with health concerns about their workplace, the most frequently cited health concerns mentioned are chemicals and other contaminants (30%), unhealthy air (13%), accidents or injuries (12%), and stress (11%).

Other key findings: