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http://dx.doi.org/10.12672/ksis.2013.21.6.081

The Use of Housing Price As a Neighborhood Indicator for Socio-Economic Status and the Neighborhood Health Studies  

Sohn, Chul (Dept. of Urban Planning & Real Estate, Gangnenung-Wonju National University)
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Abstract
Recently, several studies conducted for other countries show that housing price has very close relationship with personal or neighborhood level obesity. Also these studies suggest the use of housing price as a new SES(Socio-Economic Status) variable for health related studies. In this study, whether this relationship can be found in regions of the Seoul Metropolitan Area is investigated. The results of this study show that, as in the cases of other countries, the regions with SES represented by higher housing prices show lower obesity levels. Further, the results show that the differences in regional housing prices well explain the variations of regional obesity levels as other traditional SES variables do. This finding indicates that housing price which is objectively, continuously, and spatially measured in Korea can be used as a new SES indicator for health research in Korea.
Keywords
Neighborhood Health Status; Neighborhood Obesity; Socio-Economic Status; Housing Price;
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