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권민정 ( Kwon Min-Jung ) - Kyungpook National University College of Nursing
최은숙 ( Choi Eun-Suk ) - Kyungpook National University College of Nursing
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study attempted to identify regional disparities of self-rated health among Korean wage workers and to investigate the influencing factors on them.
Methods: The study subjects were 25,069 workers in 16 regions who were extracted from the 2014 Korean Working Condition Survey (KWCS). A multilevel analysis was conducted by building hierarchical data at individual and regional level.
Results: In this study, ‘financial autonomy rate’ and ‘current smoking rate’ were identified as regional factors influencing the workers' self-rated health. When the socio-demographic and occupational factors of the workers were controlled, ‘current smoking rate’, a health policy factor, explained the regional disparity of workers' health status.
Conclusion: We found that the health status of workers can be affected by the health behavior level of the whole population in their residential area. In order to improve the health status of working population and to alleviate their regional health inequalities, it is necessary to strengthen macro and structural level interventions.
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KeyWords
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Multilevel analysis, Occupational health, Health status disparities, Residence characteristics, Health behavior
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원문 및 링크아웃 정보
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등재저널 정보
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