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KMID : 0904520200550010205
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Health and Medical Sociology
2020 Volume.55 No. 1 p.205 ~ p.219
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Socioeconomic Vulnerability and Depressive Symptoms among Korean Adults: Based on National Representative Survey
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Park Eun-Ok
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Abstract
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Purposes: This study was to investigate the association of socioeconomic vulnerability and depression.
Methods: This study is a secondary analysis using data from Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey((KNHANES).
Participants aged 30-64 years were included in this analysis and the sampling weights were applied. Socioeconomic vulnerability index consisted of education, income, residential area, house ownership, food living condition, and basic livelihood recipient.
Results: The prevalence of depression was higher in socioeconomic vulnerable group than counter group (Odds Ratio 4.32, 95% CI 2.35~7.96) after adjusting gender and marital status. The findings showed that depression were associated with education level, individual income, family household income, housing, food living condition, basic livelihood recipients, and living alone.
Conclusion: Socioeconomic vulnerability was related to the increased prevalence of depressive symptoms. Targeted intervention programs for vulnerable population to reduce depressive symptoms might need to be developed and applied for this vulnerable population. Further researches are also needed to develop and evaluate instrument to measure socioeconomic vulnerability index and to identify the mechanism of inequality in depression.
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KEYWORD
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Depression, Socioeconomic Vulnerability, Adults, KNHANES
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