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http://dx.doi.org/10.7856/kjcls.2013.24.1.37

Predictors of Korean Elderly People's Self-rated Health Status and Moderating Effects of Socio-Economic Position  

Lee, Mee Ae (Department Social Welfare, Hansei University)
Kim, Dae Chul (Economic Analyst, National Assembly Budget Office)
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The Korean Journal of Community Living Science / v.24, no.1, 2013 , pp. 37-49 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to explore how health and health behavior factors moderate the relation between socio-economic position(SEP) and Korean elderly people's self-rated health status. The data sources are from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging(2008). The analysis sample consists of 4,040 cases. Analysis of the results shows that health characteristics such as ADL, MMSE, geriatric depression, and pain are significant predictors of self-rated health status. In addition, exercise and drinking alcohol also prove to be factors influencing self-rated health status. Health factor such as MMSE and health behavior factors such as drinking alcohol served as moderators of the influences of SEP on one's self-rated health status. For example, higher MMSE provides a slight increase to the positive relationship between SEP and self-rated health status. In addition, those who responded yes to drinking alcohol, compared to those who responded no, provides an increase to the positive relationship between SEP and one's self-rated health status.
Keywords
socio-economic position(SEP); self-rated health status; moderating effects;
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