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KMID : 0358520100220030240
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Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
2010 Volume.22 No. 3 p.240 ~ p.250
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Self-rated Health Level Comparisons by the Criteria of Precarious Employment Status: The Korean Labor and Income Survey
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Kim Keun-Whoe
Jung Hun-Jong
Chang Soung-Hoon
Kim Hyeong-Su
Noh Dae-Hee
Jung-Choi Kyunghee
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Abstract
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Objectives:The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effects of precarious employment status on the level of self-rated health, based on various criteria, by participants in the Korean Labor and Income Panel Survey.
Methods: Data were obtained from 3,268 subjects(2,057 men and 1,211 women), who participated in the 2005-2006 Korean Labor and Income Panel Survey. Group A was classified as Non-precarious employment by both the Ministry of Labor (MoLab) and the Korea Labor and Society Institute (KLSI). The group B was classified as Non-precarious employment by the MoLab and as precarious employment by the KLSI. The group C is classified as Non-precarious employment by both MoLab and KLSI. Outcome variables were self-rated health and a panel logistic regression analysis was performed on the data.
Results: The level of self-rated health was worse among group B males (OR: 1.45, C.I:1.00~2.11) and group C males (OR: 1.69, C.I:1.35~2.10) compared to group A males. A substantial difference(57.8%) in the level of self-rated health between groups A and B was attributed to the sociodemographic characteristics of the populations. The difference in self-rated health between groups A and C was explained by work environments(15.7%), as well as by sociodemographic characteristics(26.1%). For female workers, the level of self-rated health in group B and C was worse than in group A, but this finding was not statistically significant.
Conclusions: These findings suggested that the policy to improve the working environment, as well as a more comprehensive effort to reduce the disparity, is needed for the precarious employment worker.
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KEYWORD
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Self-rated health, Precarious employment, Longitudinal survey
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