Using data from a 2005 nationally representative survey of working adults residing in the United States, we show that education is associated positively with a sense of personal control. The well-educated have higher status occupations which include higher levels of schedule control, challenging, interesting and enriching work, greater economic…

Tested two hypotheses linking work setting problems with frequency of drinking and the reasons given for drinking. Test results on the second hypothesis indicated workers more likely to state a particular reason for drinking if s/he experiences one of eight work setting problems. (Author/APM)

Among 1,286 employed persons responding to the Work, Family, and Well-Being survey, women received more interpersonal work rewards (thanks and recognition) than did men, and these rewards correlated negatively with earnings. However, men and women did not differ in their ratings of interpersonal or economic work rewards as subjectively rewarding.…