Erratum

• Published in: Journal of aging and health 2018-02, Vol.30 (2), p.321-321
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0898-2643; 1552-6887
• DOI: 10.1177/0898264317751454

Nilsen, C., Agahi, N., & Kåreholt, I. (2017): Work stressors in late midlife and physical functioning in old age. Journal of Aging and Health, 29, 893–911. DOI: 10.1177/0898264316654673 In the above article, on page 903, the following paragraph has been placed incorrectly “example, passive jobs have been associated with an inactive lifestyle in men but not women (Gimeno et al., 2009). However, the association remained after controlling for lifestyle factors (physical activity and smoking), although the results regarding mobility problems and limited physical performance were slightly attenuated (Table 4, Model II). Another possibility is that other activities outside work that help people cope with work stressors differed for women and men. It is also possible that passive jobs are as stressful for men as high-strain jobs are for women. Perhaps men with passive jobs did not live up to ideas of hegemonic masculinity, and this, in turn, might have resulted in stress. The general pattern we observed—that in men, high job demands were somewhat protective of physical functioning, whereas in women, high job demands decreased physical functioning—has been noted in earlier studies (Karlqvist et al., 2002; Nilsen et al., 2014). Job demands may be viewed differently by men than women; alternatively, in men in these birth cohorts, job demands may have been an indicator of intellectual engagement at work.” This paragraph should appear on page 906 after the following sentence “The sex differences in the associations between work stressors and physical functioning in old age may have been due to differences in lifestyle; for”.