Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

The Korean Society for Preventive Medicine (대한예방의학회)
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Health Behavior Patterns of Korean

한국인의 건강행태 유형에 관한 연구

  • Lee, Soon-Young (Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Ajou University) ;
  • Kim, Seon-Woo (Samsung Biomedical Research Institute) ;
  • Park, Ju-Won (Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Ajou University)
  • 이순영 (아주대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 김선우 (삼성생명과학연구소) ;
  • 박주원 (아주대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실)
  • Published : 1997.03.01
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify population subgroups with similar patterns of diet quality, physical activity, alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking of Korean. The cluster analysis was conducted using the data from Korea National Health Survey(KNHS) in 1995, which consisted of 5,805 persons. We identified six health behavior typologies : 32.9% of the sample had a good diet but sedentary activity level(good diet lifestyle), 7.2% had high activity level but less diet quality(fitness lifestyle). Individuals in the passive lifestyle cluster(39.1%) had no active health promoting activities but tended to avoid risk taking health behavior such as cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking. 1.1% of the sample were in a drinking cluster, 17.2% in a smoking cluster and 2.5% had a hedonic lifestyle characterized by heavy drinking and smoking. The other characteristics of these lifestyle clusters could be presented by demographic and socioeconomic factors.

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