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KMID : 0371020100430010050
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Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
2010 Volume.43 No. 1 p.50 ~ p.61
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Socioeconomic Inequity in Self-Rated Health Status and Contribution of Health Behavioral Factors in Korea
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Kim Min-Kyung
Chung Woo-Jin
Lim Seung-Ji
Yoon Soo-Jin
Lee Ja-Kyung
Kim Eun-Kyung
Ko Lan-Ju
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Abstract
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Objectives: The study is investigated socioeconomic variations in self-rated health status and contribution of health behavioral factors in Korea.
Methods: A nationally representative sample (2,800 men and 3,230 women aged 20-64 years) from the 2005 Korea National Health and Nutrition Surveys was analyzed using logistic regression.
Results: Self-rated health was lower among lower socioeconomic groups compared with higher socioeconomic groups, with gender being irrelevant. This association was attenuated when health behavioral and socio-demographic factors were adjusted. When each health behavioral factor was considered separately, mediators such as smoking in men, and stress or exercise in women explained a large part of the decreased socioeconomic health inequalities.
Conclusions: In Korea, subjective health inequalities arise from different socioeconomic status, but this difference is decreased by health behavioral factors. Therefore, socioeconomic inequity in self-rated health status can be corrected more effectively by promotional health behaviors.
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KEYWORD
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Social class, Health status, Socioeconomic factors, Health behavior, Korea
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