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KMID : 0384920030120020171
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Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
2003 Volume.12 No. 2 p.171 ~ p.176
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Differences and Inequalities in Health Status among Social Class Classified by Occupation and Job Status
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Park Eun-Ok
Song Hyo-Jung
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Abstract
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Purpose: To investigate difference in health status by social classes in Korea through second analysis the 1999 Social Statistic Survey raw data performed by National Statistic Office.
Method: 52,100 subjects were 20-64 years old and students were excluded. Health status was measured self-rated health and disease prevalence past 2 weeks. Social classes were classified 5 categories by occupations and working status and 1 category by unemployment.
Result: Unemployed people reported the worst self-rated health on average, the lower social classes, the worse
self-rated health and higher disease prevalence. Health inequality still existed between social classes after adjusting sex, age, and education level.
Conclusion: A certain strategy for improving unemployed people’s health and people who are working in craft,
simple manual labor, agriculture, fishery, and forestry.
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KEYWORD
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Social class, Health status, Inequality
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