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Self-rated Health Level Comparisons by the Criteria of Precarious Employment Status: The Korean Labor and Income Survey  

Kim, Keun-Whoe (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Konkuk University Chungju Hospital)
Chung, Hun-Jong (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Konkuk University Chungju Hospital)
Chang, Soung-Hoon (Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Konkuk University)
Kim, Hyeong-Su (Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Konkuk University)
Noh, Dae-Hee (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kyung Hee University Medical Center)
JungChoi, Kyung-Hee (Department of Preventive Medicine, Ewha Womens University School of Medicine)
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Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine / v.22, no.3, 2010 , pp. 240-250 More about this Journal
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.I:1.00~2.11) and group C males (OR: 1.69, C.I:1.35~2.10) 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.
Keywords
Self-rated health; Precarious employment; Longitudinal survey;
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