[Socioeconomic inequity in self-rated health status and contribution of health behavioral factors in Korea]
- PMID: 20185983
- DOI: 10.3961/jpmph.2010.43.1.50
[Socioeconomic inequity in self-rated health status and contribution of health behavioral factors in Korea]
Abstract
Objectives: The study is investigated socioeconomic variations in self-rated health status and contribution of health behavioral factors in Korea.
Methods: A nationally representative sample (2,800 men and 3,230 women aged 20-64 years) from the 2005 Korea National Health and Nutrition Surveys was analyzed using logistic regression.
Results: Self-rated health was lower among lower socioeconomic groups compared with higher socioeconomic groups, with gender being irrelevant. This association was attenuated when health behavioral and socio-demographic factors were adjusted. When each health behavioral factor was considered separately, mediators such as smoking in men, and stress or exercise in women explained a large part of the decreased socioeconomic health inequalities.
Conclusions: In Korea, subjective health inequalities arise from different socioeconomic status, but this difference is decreased by health behavioral factors. Therefore, socioeconomic inequity in self-rated health status can be corrected more effectively by promotional health behaviors.
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