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KMID : 0613620180380020290
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Health Social Welfare Review
2018 Volume.38 No. 2 p.290 ~ p.315
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The Relationships between Perceived Neighborhood Characteristics and Self-Rated Health or Depression: The Interaction Effects with Sociodemographic Variables
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Kim Jin-Young
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Abstract
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This study examines the relationships between perceived neighborhood characteristics (community social capital and physical environment) and self-rated health or depressive symptoms. In addition, this study examines the interaction
effects between neighborhood characteristics and sociodemographic variables on health outcomes. Using a nationally representative sample of 2,028 Korean adults, Ordinary Least Squares regression analyses were conducted. In the results, first, neighborhood walking/jogging environment and accessibility to public facilities had significant effects on self-rated health and depression. Community social capital variables also had significant effects on self-rated health and depression. Second, the beneficial effects of walking/jogging environment on depression became greater with age. Third, the beneficial effects of walking/jogging environment on self-rated health were greater for lower SES groups, and the beneficial effects of community social capital and walking/jogging environment on depression were greater for lower SES
groups. Improving walking/jogging environment in a community may be effective to protect health of the elderly and the lower SES group. Enhancing the relationship between neighbors could also be an effective social intervention to protect mental health of the lower SES group.
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KEYWORD
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Neighborhood Characteristics, Self-Rated Health, Depression, Interaction effects
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