Date of filling in this questionnaire or last update: 05/03/2026
1. JOB-EXPOSURE MATRICES
JEM name
  EuroJEM: Psychosocial exposures
Institute
  Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
Country
  Finland
Contact person
  Laura Salonen
Email
  laura.salonen@ttl.fi
References (citation)
 

  • Salonen L, Falkstedt D, Pan K-Y, Albin M, Mehlum IS, Undem K, Leinonen T, Solovieva S. Development of a European job exposure matrix (EuroJEM) for psychosocial exposures and their association with diagnosed depression in register-based cohorts. Scand J Work Environ Health – online first. doi:10.5271/sjweh.4279

Year JEM was developed
  2026
Agents
 

  • Psychosocial Domains

Job task characteristics/organization of work
 

  • Job control, autonomy
  • Psychological job demands

Occupation Axis
  Yes
Coding system
 

  • ISCO 1988

Coding system (Number of digits used)
  4
Industry Axis
  No
Intensity
  No
Probability
  Yes
Probability categories/levels
  Low (0-24%), medium (25-49%), medium-high (50-74%), high (50-100%)
Duration
  No
Frequency
  No
Peaks
  No
Data source(s)
 

  • Other

Data source(s) | Other
 

  • Harmonisation of existing national JEMs from Finland, Norway, Sweden

Studies to which the JEM has been applied: Texts
 

  • National register- based cohorts: the State of the Labor Force in Finland (SLFF), the Norwegian Working-Age Cohort (Nor-Work), the Swedish Work, Illness, and Labor Market Participation Cohort (SWIP)

Relation with other JEMs
  Harmonisation of existing national JEMs from Finland, Norway, Sweden
Validation studies done: Texts
 

  • Consistent associations with diagnosed depression

Availability
 

  • Other

Availability | Other (specify)
  https://ki.se/en/imm/eurojem