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KMID : 0928320070070030157
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Korean Journal of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
2007 Volume.7 No. 3 p.157 ~ p.164
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The Relationship Between Socioeconomic Status and Self-rated Health Among Korean Population Needed to Have Cancer Screening
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Mun Yeoun-Ok
Park Eun-Cheol
Kwak Min-Son
Choi Kui-Son
Kim Sung-Gyeong
Hahm Myung-Il
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Abstract
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Background: Many studies on the relationship between socioeconomic status and self-rated health have been shown that it is difficult to select socioeconomic index and measure health status. This study was conducted to examine the relationship between socioeconomic status and self-rated health using the 2004 and 2005 Korea National Cancer Screening Survey data
Methods: The cross sectional survey data from the 2004 and 2005 Korea National Cancer Screening Survey were used. A total of 1,619 respondents in 2004 and 1,742 respondents in 2005 were subjects in this study. Socioeconomic status factors included education, household income and occupational level and health status were measured with self-rated health. Data were analyzed using SAS 9.1.
Results: Socioeconomic status including education, household income and occupation affected on self-rated health. The risk of being self-rated poor health was higher in low educational level than high educational level (2004; 1.92 times, C?I 1.06~3.47, 2005; 2.28 times, C?I 1.10~4.69). People with low household income levels also had higher risk to be sel-rated poor health than high household income level (2004; 2.23 times, C?I 1.14~4.39, 2005; 3.42 times, C?I 1.85~6.323). In case of occupational level, unemployed people had higher to be self-rated poor health than white collar workers (2004; 2.51 times, C?I 1.41~4.39, 2005; 2.30 times, C?I 1.29~4.18).
Conclusions: We confirmed that people in low levels of socioeconomic status were likely to having poor self-rated health. It is necessary to consider socioeconomic status including education, household income, and occupation in order to improve health status. (Korean J Health Promot Dis Prev 2007 ; 7(3):157~164)
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KEYWORD
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Socioeconomic status, Education, Income, Occupations, Health status
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