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KMID : 1124020130290010001
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Korean Social Security Studies
2013 Volume.29 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.32
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The Effects of Participatory Nature of Community on the Relationship between Social Isolation and Food Insecurity: A Multi-level Approach
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Kim Wook-Jin
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Abstract
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This study aims to examine the effects of participatory nature of community on food insecurity and the relationship between social isolation and food insecurity to determine the existence of contextual effect of neighborhood. Data were obtained from two sources - Wave I (2009) of the Seoul Welfare Panel Data and the 2006 Seoul Survey Final Report - which were later merged for analysis. For multi-level analysis, a Generalized Linear Mixed Model approach was used. Findings are to follow. First, the probability of experiencing food insecurity varies across communities. Second, social isolation increases the probability of experiencing food insecurity. Third, participatory nature of community makes little impact on the probability of experiencing food insecurity. Fourth, participatory nature of community weakens the positive effect of social isolation on food insecurity. However, not all types of residents` participation have equal negative moderating effects: only participatory activities related to neighborhoods self-governing (e.g., neighborhood meetings or apartment-complex meetings) have the substantial effect to decrease food insecurity rates of the socially isolated. Findings suggest that policy interventions and practice efforts to promote residents` participation in order to address food insecurity can be successful only when they target the socially isolated populations, simultaneously strengthening neighborhoods self-governing capacities. In brief, the conclusion of this study is that the neighborhood contextual effects do exist only in a considerably limited form.
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KEYWORD
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contextual effects, neighborhood effects, food insecurity, social isolation, health disparities
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