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KMID : 1138720170430020103
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Korean Public Health Research
2017 Volume.43 No. 2 p.103 ~ p.111
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Relationships between Age Gap between Partners, Health Status and Utilization of Health Service
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Yu Jay-Young
Ryu See-Won
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Abstract
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships of age gap between partners with health status and utilization of health service.
Methods: We used the data of year 2012 in the annual Korea Health Panel administered by joint supervision of Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs and National Health Insurance Corporation. We analyzed data for 6,910 individuals that had a spouse and were above 40 years old.
Results: Man(woman)`s average age gap with partner was 3.7(-3.4) years, and mode of man`s(woman`s) age gap with partner was 3(-3) years. For men, age gap between partners had weak positive correlations with frequency of outpatient service utilization, anxiety and depressive symptoms, and length of hospital stay, and weak negative correlations with self-rated health status. For women, age gap between partners had weak positive correlations with self-rated health status, and weak negative correlations with frequency of outpatient service use.
Conclusion: The relationships of age gap between partners with health status and health service utilization have implications to culture of marriage and health policy on family life. Further research on the mediating factors with the relationships are needed.
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KEYWORD
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Age gap between partners, Health status, Frequency of outpatient use, Length of hospital stay
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