• Asian Journal of Innovation and Policy
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.101-130
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• 2023

The increasing cost, and demand for, household energy has increased attention to the phenomena of energy burdens. Despite this increased attention, a lack of consensus remains in pinpointing the strongest predictors, and geographic differences, that exist within the energy ecosystem. This study addresses this gap by utilizing a series of dummy variable regressions across cities, suburbs, and rural areas within Erie County, New York-a county noted to have particularly high energy burdens. Specifically, three types of predictor sets were incorporated into the methodology: a set of socioeconomic variables, physical variables, and a combination of both variable sets. The results of this study suggest that cities tend to have the highest electricity burdens. Despite the aging infrastructure in Erie County, high energy burdens were driven primarily by socioeconomic factors such as housing cost burden and poverty status. Lastly, this study explores various planning and policy implications Erie County can utilize to reduce energy burdens. In turn, this study highlights the importance of focusing policy efforts on existing social service programs to provide support to the region's neediest households.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.209-228
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• 1997

In ordo to investigate the professional job perception and job satisfaction of interns and residents and its related factors, the author conducted survey using self administered questionnaire for 2 months(August and September, 1996). The study subjects were 562 interns and residents who worked at one university hospital(tertiary hospital) and two general hospitals(secondary hospital) in Taegu, Korea. Among them, 297 (52.8%) responded completely. The results were as follows ; Respondents thought that people component was most important, science and status components were next among professional value scales which meant the desirable attitudes required to conduct professional works. But, the score of professional value scales was generally high and not affected by other variables in multiple linear regression analysis. They seemed to have very normative and ideal perceptions about professional values. The score of professionalism scales, which were attitudinal and behavioral traits about professional job, of high grade residents was significantly higher than that of interns and lower grade residents. The score of reference to professional organization and autonomy factor were increasing significantly as the grade increased. Working conditions and perception for socioeconomic status of doctors influenced the score of professionalism scale significantly. It seemed that professional socialization was made during the training periods of interns and residents. Most of respondents answered that current socioeconomic status of doctors were middle and high strata but they responded that the socioeconomic status of doctors would fall in the future. They seemed to have a pessimistic thought about doctor's status. Generally the respondents thought that they were satisfied with doctor job and fit to the job, but 51.9% answered that if possible they would get other jobs. It seemed to reflect their critical thinking on doctors' status. Perceptions about socioeconomic status of doctors, professional value and professionalism influenced job satisfaction significantly. The interns and residents had high sense of calling to doctors and thought that doctors were socially important job. Generally they were satisfied with their job. Interns and residents had normative thoughts about the trait which compentent doctors must have. During the training period, they seemed to have attitude and perception as a professional and to make professional socializations.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.13-23
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• 2020

Purpose: This study explored the contribution of social support resources to the explanation of socioeconomic inequalities in depressive symptoms of older Korean men and women. Methods: Data were derived from Living Profiles of Older People Survey (LPOPS), which comprises a nationally representative sample of non-institutionalized Korean older adults living in the community. The data were analyzed by using multiple logistic regression. The sample consisted of 4,046 men and 6,036 women aged ≥65 years. The Korean version of the Geriatric Depression Scale-Short form (SGDS-K) was employed as an outcome variable. Results: Compared to the older men and women who were in higher socioeconomic status, those in lower socioeconomic status had significantly higher risk of depressive symptoms after adjusting for other covariates. When social support resources were individually included in the base model, each factor contributed to inequalities in depressive symptoms. Social networks explained about 20% of the differential impact of education and 10% to 15% of the differential impact of household income for depressive symptoms in men. Among women, it mitigated 23.6% to 39.0% of education and household income inequalities for depressive symptoms. Social participation contributed to buffer depressive symptom inequalities of 24.0% to 46.3% among men and those of 11.7% to 45.3% among women. Conclusion: Our findings suggest community care nurses acknowledge the value of social support resources to alleviate socioeconomic inequality in depressive symptoms among older men and women.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.1203-1214
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• 2016

비만은 그 자체가 질병이면서 다른 질병의 위험인자로 사회경제학적 요인과 관련성이 높다. 급증한 국내 비만인구에 대한 사회적 차원에서의 예방을 위하여 비만과 연관성이 있는 사회경제적 요인을 파악하는 것이 중요하다. 특히, 비만과 사회경제학적 요인간의 연관성은 성별에 따라 상이할 수 있으며 지역적 변동성 역시 존재한다. 본 논문에서는 공간적 상관성을 고려하여 비만율에 영향을 미치는 사회경제적 요인의 효과를 성별에 따라 추정하고자 한다. 공간적 상관성을 설명하기 위하여 베이지안 접근법을 기반으로 한 조건부 자기회귀모형을 고려하였다. 실증예제로 2010년 서울시 25개 자치구별 비만율 자료에 대하여 제안한 공간 모형과 공간적 상관성을 고려하지 않은 모형을 적합시켜본 결과, 공간적 상관성을 고려한 모형이 모형의 적합도와 예측력 측면에서 더 우수함을 알 수 있었다.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.3-11
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• 2004

The objective of this study was to examine relationships between breakfast skipping and ecological factors related to eating practice. Participants were 537 children (male: 274, female: 263) from two elementary schools in Kyunggi-do (School A) and Seoul (School B). Analysis included cross-tabulation of demographics, factors related to eating practice and weight status, frequency of breakfast skipping and types of breakfast and the number of foods at breakfast by schools. Logistic regression were conducted to identify the factors associated with breakfast skipping. Children in school B showed higher socioeconomic status by living environment and the type of fathers' job than those in school A. Eighty six percent of children in school B and 75% in school A ate breakfast 5 times and more per week. School and father's occupation differences correlated with the frequency of breakfast, but not mother's employ status was not. After controlling school. type of father's job, mother's employ status, eating breakfast 5 times and more was associated with eating with other family members, feeling hungry before breakfast, normal weight status, eating Korean traditional meal type and number of food eaten at breakfast. The results stress the need for intervention programs aimed at decreased skipping breakfast among elementary school children. While programs need to reach all children skipping breakfast, approaches need to be suitable to in particular those from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

• 한국아동복지학
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• 제57호
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• pp.43-82
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• 2017

절대적 소득을 강조하는 물질적 관점으로 사회경제적 지위에 따른 건강 격차를 설명하는 것에 대한 한계가 지적되면서, 비교적 최근 개인의 주관적인 사회경제적 지위와 건강의 관계에 주목한 연구들이 등장하기 시작하였다. 이들 연구는 주로 성인을 대상으로 수행되었으나, 자기평가를 위한 사회적 비교를 활발히 수행하는 학령후기 아동 역시 자신의 사회경제적 지위를 주관적으로 인식할 가능성이 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 아동이 인지한 주관적 사회경제적 지위와 그들의 신체건강과의 관계는 물론, 구체적으로 어떠한 경로를 통해 영향을 미치는지를 심리사회적 관점에 기초하여 살펴보았다. 이를 위해 서울교육건강복지패널 1차 년도(2014) 자료의 초4 아동 394명 및 그들 부모의 응답에 대해 구조방정식분석을 실시하였다. 그 결과, 학령후기 아동의 주관적 사회경제적 지위가 신체건강에 직접적으로 미치는 영향은 유의미하지 않았지만, 심리사회적 관점에 근거한 매개변인인 스트레스, 자기효능감, 및 건강행동을 통해 신체건강에 간접적으로 유의미한 영향을 미침을 확인하였다. 본 연구는 이상의 연구 결과를 바탕으로, 낮은 주관적 사회경제적 지위가 심리사회적 요인에 부정적인 영향이 미침으로써 열악한 신체건강을 초래하는 것을 예방하기 위한 노력을 비롯하여, 아동기 건강증진을 위한 몇 가지 고려사항들을 제안하였다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제20권8호
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• pp.494-502
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• 2019

본 많은 연구에서 알레르기성 질환과 사회경제적 및 사회인구학적 변수의 상관관계가 있음을 보여주었다. 그러나 이들 변수가 한국 청소년에게 미치는 영향에 대한 연구는 거의 이루어지지 않았다. 본 연구는 한국 청소년의 알레르기성 질환에 대한 사회경제적 및 사회인구학적 위험요인을 파악하고 예방 및 관리 하기 위한 정보 제공을 목적으로 수행되었다. 2018년 한국청소년건강행태조사를 기반으로 60,040명 청소년의 자료가 사용되었다. 사회경제적 및 사회인구학적 변수는 익명으로 관리되는 온라인 설문 조사를 통해 수행되었고, 알레르기성 질환은 천식, 알레르기성 비염, 아토피 피부염이 포함되었다. 자료의 분석을 위해 SPSS 21.0 프로그램을 이용하였고, 다변량 로지스틱 회귀분석을 통한 복합표본분석이 사용되었다. 낮은 경제적 수준, 어머니와 동거, 부모의 높은 교육수준, 높은 학업성적, 성별, 비만, 음주경험 및 흡연 경험 등이 천식, 알레르기성 비염, 아토피 피부염과 관련이 있었다. 낮은 사회경제적 수준과 건강에 해로운 행동은 알레르기성 질환의 위험요인 이었다. 그러므로 지역사회의 균형적 경제성장과 함께 청소년의 해로운 건강행태를 통제하는 것은 한국 청소년의 알레르기성 질환의 유병률 감소에 도움이 될 것이다.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.48-64
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• 1997

This study was conducted to evaluate the satisfaction level of interns and residents on training and job environment of two university hospitals in Pusan. The concept of subject's satisfaction was evaluated in general characteristics, socioeconomic status, working condition, human relationship, and job status and scored from 1 to 5. The newly developed questionnaire for this study(32 items) was revised and modified by the preliminary survey. The internal consistency of questionnaire was 0.73(Cronbach's alpha). The self-administered questionnaire was provided to 218 subjects and collected the answering from March 2 to March 25th, 1997, and statistical significances were tested by $x^2-test$, t-test and ANOVA. The satisfaction level between the residents group was significantly different, but satisfaction level of working condition, human relationship and job status showed no difference. The service division part showed highest(2.73) and the surgical division part showed lowest(2.57). The job satisfaction level between the subjects showed higher satisfaction level in working condition, socioeconomic status, and total satisfaction dimension, and intern group showed higher satisfaction level than resident group. Satisfaction level in human relationship dimension, resident group showed higher satisfaction level than intern group, but showed no statistically difference. To improve the working condition for residents, public welfare facilities was firstly suggested and the next was salary increase, overloaded work, respectively. For intern groups, overloaded work and waste work were firstly suggested and the next was public welfare facilities and salary increase, sequentially. The career gets longer, the satisfaction level on general characteristics of working condition, socioeconomic status, and total satisfaction level were increased. The subjects who have religion and higher socioeconomic status showed higher satisfaction level than the other group. The general satisfaction level of subjects in all dimensions showed lower aver age(3.0) and the overall satisfaction level showed below than average. Thus, in order to improvement of subject's working condition, higher quality of life is necessary rather than economic state. In future, these results might be considered to improve the working condition for interns and residents.

• 한국수학교육학회지시리즈A:수학교육
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• 제60권4호
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• pp.451-466
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• 2021

교육에서 사회경제적 지위에 따른 성취 수준의 차이를 이해하는데 개인배경 뿐만 아니라 학교의 영향력, 그리고 두 요인의 상호작용을 함께 고려하는 것은 중요하다. 이러한 이유로 본 연구는 각 학교에 재학 중인 학생들의 사회경제적 지위의 평균으로 표현되는 학교 수준의 사회경제적 지위를 고려하여, 수학적 소양에서 나타나는 형평성을 분석하는 것을 목적으로 하였다. PISA 2015에 참여한 우리나라 학생 5,548명(168개 학교)과 미국 학생 5,217명(161개 학교)의 자료를 계층적 선형 회귀 분석을 이용해 분석 및 비교하였다. 그 결과, 우리나라의 경우 개인 수준의 사회경제적 지위에 따른 성취 격차보다 학교 수준의 사회경제적 지위에 따른 성취도 차이가 큰 것으로 나타났다. 미국의 경우 대조적으로 개인의 사회경제적 배경이 열악할 때 학교 수준의 사회경제적 지위와 상관없이 기대할 수 있는 수학 성취도 수준이 낮았다. 이러한 결과는 우리나라 학생들의 수학적 성취에 학교 수준의 사회경제적 지위가 추가적인 불평등의 기제로 작용할 수 있음을 시사한다. 국내의 교육현실에서 학교 수준의 사회경제적 지위가 사교육 및 교육과정 선택 등의 이슈와 얽혀있다는 점에서 수학교육에서의 불평등 문제 해결의 실마리를 발견할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다. 또한, 수학 교육자들에게 우리의 문제를 해결하기 위해 단순히 다른 교육 시스템을 모방해서는 안 됨을 상기시킨다.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.186-193
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• 2017

Purpose: Obesity is one of the most common health problems among children and its prevalence has increased in recent decades. Socioeconomic status (SES) is a well-known risk factor for childhood obesity although the associations were different across countries. Previous studies in other countries have reported a positive association between childhood obesity and SES in developing countries, and inverse correlation has been reported in developed countries. For this reason, we wanted to investigate the relationship between SES and obesity in Korean children. Methods: Data were acquired 3,095 boys and girls who participated in the fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which was conducted from 2010 to 2012. Body mass index was calculated from measured anthropometric data using the 2007 Korean National Growth Charts. Results: Upon univariate analysis, we did not find any statistically significant differences in the parental employment status, monthly family income between children with and without obesity. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed childhood obesity was positively associated with maternal overweight (OR, 1.889; 95% CI, 1.079-3.309), maternal obesity (OR, 3.409; 95% CI, 2.228-5.215) and paternal obesity (OR, 2.135; 95% CI, 1.257-3.627). Conclusion: The present study showed that socioeconomic status might not an important risk factor for obesity in Korean children. These results warrant further studies to clarify the association between SES and obesity in Korean children.