• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.172-179
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• 2006

Since the economic crisis in 1997, the number of low income families has increased and the turmoil is likely to affect nutritional and health status of the children in low-income families. The purpose of this study was to investigate dietary behaviors and physical development of low income family children in the Seoul area. The subjects were 44 boys and 56 girls, between the ages of 7 and 12 years, from the beneficiary families of the governmental assistant program and enrolled in after school-care centers. A self-reported questionnaire, including general characteristics and dietary behaviors, was applied to the children and their parents. Skipping meal rate was higher in breakfast than in lunch or dinner, and was less frequent in parents and children families compared to that of the other types of families (p<0.05). Most students are shown that they usually keep the dietary guideline for Korean children. There were significant differences in keeping the dietary guidelines between the parents and children family group and other groups in several items. The results imply that the nutrition education program should be more focused on the families which are not composed of parents and children.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.73-85
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• 1993

It is necessary to understand the relationship between socio-cultural elements and smoking, alcohol, and marijuana use behaviors in order to plan public health policy or health promotion program of Mexican Americans. Demographic, socioeconomic status, and acculturation are variables which reflect mechanisms socialization influences these behavior patterns among this population. Thus, this study investigates the prevalence of addictive behaviors and individual differences on addictive behaviors related to variables of acculturation, age, gender, education, and income. And the interrelations among addictive behaviors are also examined. The analyses used data for Mexican Americans from the U.S. Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted from July 1982 through December 1984 by the National Center for Health Statistics. ANOVA and correlation coefficients were used for this study. This study found that there are gender differences among addictive behaviors in their prevalence. Both males' and females' alcohol and marijuana use behaviors are positively related to the acculturation. Females' smoking behavior is positively related to acculturation while males' smoking is negatively related to it. Income and education are negatively related to males' smoking and positively related to males' alcohol behavior. However, males' marijuana behavior is not related to income. Females' smoking behaviors is not significantly related income and education. Education and income are positively related to marijuana behavior among females. Age is related to all three addictive behaviors among both gender. Age is negatively related to both males' and females' marijuana use behavior. Interrelation between smoking and marijuana use behavior is not significant among males. However, interrelations between alcohol and marijuana use behavior and between alcohol and smoking are significant among both genders. Females' smoking and marijuana use behavior is also significantly related.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제65권2호
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• pp.53-78
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• 2013

이 연구의 목적은 저소득층이 경험하는 행복의 맥락을 이해하고자 하는 것이다. 이러한 목적을 달성하기 위해서, 이 연구에서는 질적 연구방법을 활용하였으며, 귀납적 접근을 통해 자료를 분석하였다. 구체적으로, 먼저 저소득층이 경험하는 행복의 맥락을 사례별로 살펴보았다. 개별 연구참여자들이 부여한 행복 점수와 그 의미, 주관적 경험들과 다양한 영역들로 구성된 현상을 분석하고, 그러한 행복과 경험, 현상으로 구성된 맥락 구조를 그려보았다. 사례들을 개별적으로, 그리고 연속적으로 분석하고 검토하고 연결하는 과정을 통해, 결과적으로 전체 사례들을 통합할 수 있는 맥락 구조가 구성되었다. 분석 결과, 연구참여자인 저소득층들이 인식하는 행복의 수준은 객관적인 상태보다는 주관적인 경험과 직접 관련되는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 이들의 주관적인 경험은 마음 안에서 작용하는 매우 복합적인 경험 요소들로 구성되어 있으며, 개인의 가치관에 의해 어떠한 경험요소들이 더 중요하게 평가되는가에 따라서 행복의 수준이 달라지는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 연구결과에 근거하여, 저소득층의 행복수준을 향상시키기 위해 고려해야 할 정책과 실천 지침들을 제언하였다.

• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.493-505
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• 2007

The purpose of this study is to examine the regional differences of 0-12 aged children's environment based on their parents' socioeconomic class and on the character of the settlement. One thousand and two hundred households were investigated and the results are as follows. It is revealed that families in low socio-economic class are more likely to be exposed to noise and home crowdedness. Families living in spontaneous settlement are deprived of natural light and the roads to their homes are steep and narrow. Low income families face a housing affordability crisis. Most of them pay housing rent on monthly basis. The basic infrastructure of low income neighborhood is lacking convenient facilities like shopping centers, public transportation systems, banks, public parks, and libraries. This lack of facilities is more severe in spontaneous settlement. Instead, bars and taverns are located in their neighborhood. Accessibility to parks and resource centers is an important factor that makes both middle and low income families consider their neighborhood to be positive and this condition is counted better in social housing area than in spontaneous settlement. On the contrary, social networks like friends and relatives are strong in spontaneous settlement and families in poverty value these relationships. Such networks are weak in social housing area and this difference is not related to their residential period. Low income families living in social housing area are more pessimistic about their future and this view might result from their counterpart middle class neighbors and the weak social networks.

• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.485-495
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• 2013

As rural life has shifted with the long term changes in the internal and external conditions of rural communities, this study aims to investigate the living conditions and life satisfaction of rural women. 70 questionnaires in health, clothing, food, shelter, economic conditions and child-rearing fields were used for a survey of 393 rural women from five rural areas in the northern region of Gyeongsangbuk-Do. Statistical techniques of frequency analysis, descriptive statistics, ANOVA, t-test and regression analysis were employed through 'SPSS Statistics 21'. Participants were divided into 3 groups, with Group A with income less than 15 million won, Group B with income of at least 15 million won and less than 30 million won, and Group C with at least 30 million won. For the life satisfaction and health conditions, Group C showed higher scores than Group A. The food security status of rural women in the research area was worse than that in the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, and food consumption by Group C was higher than that of Group A and Group B. For the satisfaction of kitchen, bathroom facilities and heating system, the income of 15 million won seemed to be the divisive value where richer groups were more satisfied. Job satisfaction seemed more related with the income amount rather than with the job itself. The parenting efficacy and child-rearing satisfaction were higher for Group C than for Group A. Determinants of life satisfaction turned out to be health conditions, heat susceptibility, fruit consumption, kitchen unit satisfaction, job satisfaction and parenting efficacy.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.582-592
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• 2010

The purpose of this study was to determine the factors related to eating breakfast for middle and high school students in Seoul using the Theory of Planned Behavior. Out of 2,280 questionnaires distributed to 22 schools, 2,060 were returned (90.4% response rate) and 1,899 were analyzed (83.3% analysis rate). Gender, self-perceived household income level and mother's working status were examined as demographic factors. "Attitude", "Subjective norm", "Perceived difficulty in access to breakfast", "Perceived time restriction" and "Self restriction to breakfast" were extracted as psychosocial factors as the results of factor analysis and reliability test using 17 items. In case of middle school students, boys were more likely to skip breakfast than girls. The students perceiving their household income level "low or middle low" were more likely to skip breakfast than those who perceived their household income level "high or middle high". The students whose mother had a job tended to skip breakfast than those whose mother had no job. In case of high school students, the students perceiving their household income level "low or middle low" tended to skip breakfast than those perceiving their household income level "high or middle high". The results of analysis of variance, all the psychosocial factors examined in this study-"Attitude", "Subjective norm", "Perceived difficulty in access to breakfast", "Perceived time restriction" and "Self restriction to breakfast"- were related to the frequencies of eating breakfast during weekdays in both the middle and high school students.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.275-296
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• 2012

Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University The national health insurance system in Korea is characterized as relatively high out-of-pocket payments, which are the principal source of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE). The objectives of this study are to estimate the incidence of household CHE and to clarify the characteristics that affect the occurrence and recurrence of household CHE using the Seoul Welfare Panel Survey database for 2008 and 2010. Thresholds to estimate CHE were 10% and 20% of the total household income (T/X), and 25% and 40% of the income excluding food share (T/Y). Determinants of the occurrence and recurrence of CHE at the threshold of T/X=10% were analysed using multiple logistic regression models. Out of the 3,665 households that responded in 2008 survey, households with CHE were 12.07% (T/X${\geq}$10%), 5.34% (T/X${\geq}$20%), 6.84% (T/Y${\geq}$25%), and 4.44% (T/Y${\geq}$40%). Risk factors associated with household CHE included living with a spouse, non-Medicaid beneficiary, householder unemployment, low household income, the number of disabled members, poor subjective health, and the number of chronic diseases. A total of 41.78% of households with CHE in 2008 repeatedly experienced CHE in 2010. Risk factors of CHE recurrence included decreased household income and an increase in chronic diseases over the two time periods, the number of members with disability or chronic diseases, and the presence of cancer patients in 2008. Households with lower socioeconomic and health status had a higher financial burden on health care than do their counterpart households. There is a need to enhance society-wide financial protection from health spending among vulnerable citizens in Seoul, particularly, households with low income, disabled members or cancer patients.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.139-149
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• 2018

Background: Ethiopia is among the poorest countries where land degradation caused livelihood problem to its inhabitants. The livelihood of rural communities in Ethiopia is seriously threatened by land degradation. Land is the major natural resource that economic, social, infrastructure, and other human activities are undertaken on. Thus, land resources play an important role in shaping rural livelihoods, and lack of sustainable land management practices leads to land degradation. Thus, this study aimed to analyze interlink between land degradation and livelihood of rural communities in Chilga district, Northwest Ethiopia. It also addresses the factors which influence income diversification for livelihood of households in the study area. Result: The result depicts that the major causes of land degradation are both natural and anthropogenic. Land degradation and livelihood are negatively interlinked with each other. The livelihood of the majority of the population in the study area is dependent on subsistence agriculture both farming and animal husbandry with low diversification. The survey result showed that more than half (69%) of the sample households have farm size of less than 2 ha, nearly one third (31%) have 2.0-2.5 ha, and insignificant number of farmers have more than 2.5 ha. More than 80% of the respondents pointed out that land degradation has impacts both on crop yield and livestock production. Most of the explanatory variables such as gender, age, education level, farmland size, and family size have statistical significant influence (at P < .01 and P < .05 levels) for income diversification of households, while marital status on the other hand is not statistically significant though it has positive relation with income diversification in this study. Conclusions: Our results suggest awareness should be created in the community about the livelihood diversification mechanisms which enabled them to engage in different income-generating activities and comprehensive watershed management should be implemented.

• 산업노동연구
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.1-34
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• 2018

본 논문은 2010년대 한국의 소득불평등 구조와 그의 변화를 분석하기 위하여 새로운 전체적인(holistic) 이론적 논의를 제시하고 그에 기초한 경험적 분석을 시도한다. 사회학, 노동경제학과 페미니즘에서 이루어진 불평등에 관한 논의는 특정한 영역의 불평등을 중심으로 하는 국지적 불평등에 초점을 맞추었다. 사회 불평등은 국지적 불평등을 넘어서는 전체적인 차원의 불평등에 대한 논의를 필요로 한다. 이는 이들 국지적 불평등을 통합하는 통합적 접근을 필요로 하며, 계급, 노동시장, 인구와 가족 차원의 논의를 포괄한다. 회귀분석 기반 불평등 분해 방법을 활용하여, 전체적 불평등에 영향을 미치는 젠더, 교육, 고용상의 지위, 직업, 가구구성과 재산이 전체 불평등에 기여하는 정도를 분해하여 분석한다. 본 연구는 기존의 국지적 불평등 연구에서 밝혀진 요인들 이외에 기존의 논의에서 간과된 가구 구성과 재산이 소득 불평등에 커다란 영향을 미친다는 점을 밝힌다.

• 한국사회정책
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.151-184
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• 2017

본 연구의 목적은 외환위기 이후 우리나라 소득보장정책의 발전과정과 현황을 검토하고, 핵심 이슈와 쟁점을 정리하여, 문제점과 한계를 극복할 수 있는 미래 발전방안을 모색하는데 있다. 집중된 논의를 전개하기 위해 연구의 범위를 국민연금, 기초연금, 국민기초생활보장제도로 한정했으며, 전반적인 서술 과정에서 '사회적 보호 최저선'에 기반 하여 '보편성'과 '적절성'의 두 가치에 주목하였다. 최근 문재인 정부에서 발표한 관련 내용도 간략하게 정리했으며, 통합적 소득보장체계를 구축하기 위해 사회수당과 기본소득 중심의 긍정전략과 변혁전략을 구분하여 제시했다. 현 체계의 개선도 일부 요구되지만, 급여구조와 방식에 대한 전면적 개혁을 통해 사회적 급여의 실제적 효과를 확장하기 위한 노력이다.