Self-rated Health Level Comparisons by the Criteria of Precarious Employment Status: The Korean Labor and Income Survey / 대한산업의학회지
Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
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: 240-250, 2010.
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in Korean
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| ID: wpr-53041
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effects of precarious employment status on the level of self-rated health, based on various criteria, by participants in the Korean Labor and Income Panel Survey.METHODS:
Data were obtained from 3,268 subjects(2,057 men and 1,211 women), who participated in the 2005-2006 Korean Labor and Income Panel Survey. Group A was classified as Non-precarious employment by both the Ministry of Labor (MoLab) and the Korea Labor and Society Institute (KLSI). The group B was classified as Non-precarious employment by the MoLab and as precarious employment by the KLSI. The group C is classified as Non-precarious employment by both MoLab and KLSI. Outcome variables were self-rated health and a panel logistic regression analysis was performed on the data.RESULTS:
The level of self-rated health was worse among group B males (OR 1.45, C.I1.00~2.11) and group C males (OR 1.69, C.I1.35~2.10) compared to group A males. A substantial difference(57.8%) in the level of self-rated health between groups A and B was attributed to the sociodemographic characteristics of the populations. The difference in self-rated health between groups A and C was explained by work environments(15.7%), as well as by sociodemographic characteristics(26.1%). For female workers, the level of self-rated health in group B and C was worse than in group A, but this finding was not statistically significant.CONCLUSIONS:
These findings suggested that the policy to improve the working environment, as well as a more comprehensive effort to reduce the disparity, is needed for the precarious employment worker.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Logistic Models
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Health Status
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Longitudinal Studies
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Employment
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Korea
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Year:
2010
Type:
Article
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