• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.17-26
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• 2024

Objectives: This study aimed to analyze the relationship between the socioeconomic status and oral health of adults. Methods: Data from the 7th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2016-2018) were analyzed, and 13,199 adults aged 19 years or older were selected as study subjects. Various oral health indicators were used to analyze the effect of socioeconomic status on oral health. Disparities in oral health according to socioeconomic status were analyzed using the complex sample chi-squared test and multiple logistic regression analysis. Results: A statistically significant difference was observed between income level, medical aid, and all oral health indicators, which indicated that the lower the income level, the lower the oral health level (p<0.001). Furthermore, all oral health indicators displayed statistically significant differences, with the exception of the prevalence of dental caries and education level. The lower the education level, the lower the oral health level (p<0.001). Therefore, the oral health level of adults presented significant differences according to different socioeconomic status indicators. Conclusions: To prevent oral health inequalities, the government and local governments need to intervene not only in the field of health care but also in the social determinants. Additionally, concerted efforts should be made to eliminate oral health disparities by improving policies and systems.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.30-38
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• 2006

Objectives: We examined whether the neighborhood socioeconomic position predicts the smoking rates after adjusting for individual socioeconomic position indicators. Methods: Data were obtained from the 2001 Seoul Health Indicators Survey. The neighborhood socioeconomic position was the residential distribution of the high class (power elites), as measured by the location quotients (LQ) for each administrative dong (district). A high LQ denotes a high neighborhood socioeconomic status. The individual socioeconomic position included education, occupation and income. Age-adjusted smoking rates according to the LQ level were computed with the direct method. The total number of subjects in this study (26,022 men and 28,007 women) was the reference. A multilevel logistic regression analysis was conducted with the individuals at the first level and the neighborhoods at the second level to estimate the odds ratios of smoking with 95% confidence intervals. Results: For men, the age-adjusted smoking rates increased with a decrease in the LQ. For women, the relationship between the age-adjusted smoking rate and the LQ was not clear. The odds of smoking for both genders were greater among those subjects with lower incomes and lower education. The manual occupational class had greater odds of smoking than the non-manual class for the males, while the odds ratio of smoking among females with a manual occupation tended to be lower than those females with a non-manual occupation. For the males, the LQ levels independently predicted smoking after adjustment for individual income. However, this relation between the LQ and smoking in males was explained by full adjustment for the individual socioeconomic position indicators (education, occupation and income). Conclusions: A low level of neighborhood socioeconomic position was associated with higher smoking rates among the men residing in Seoul. This association between the neighborhood socioeconomic position and smoking in men was explained by the individual socioeconomic position. Anti-smoking efforts to reduce geographical inequality in smoking should be directed at reducing the smoking rates between the individuals with different socioeconomic backgrounds in the metropolitan city of Seoul, South Korea.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제31권3B호
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• pp.253-264
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• 2011

일반적으로 가뭄은 기상학적 가뭄, 농업적 가뭄, 수문학적 가뭄, 사회경제학적 가뭄으로 구분하여 정의한 후 정성적 혹은 정량적 평가를 수행한다. 이중 기상학적 가뭄, 농업적 가뭄, 수문학적 가뭄에 관련한 연구는 활발히 진행되고 있으나, 상대적으로 사회경제학적 가뭄평가와 관련한 연구는 미미한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 우리나라에서 적용가능한 사회경제학적 가뭄을 정의하고 가뭄평가를 수행하였다. 사회경제학적 가뭄을 평가하기 위해서 우리나라의 인구증가와 산업발전을 반영하는 용수수요 현황과 수자원 공급시설의 개발에 따른 가용 수자원의 증가를 반영하는 용수공급 현황을 상대적으로 비교할 수 있는 용수과부족지수(WEDI)를 제안하였다. 본 연구에서 제안된 용수과부족지수의 타당성을 검토하기 위해 기존의 가뭄지수(SPI, PDSI)와 실제 가뭄발생(2001년 봄가뭄)과 비교 분석을 수행하였다. 용수과부족지수를 경상도에 적용하여 용수수요량 대비 용수공급량을 비교 분석한 결과 상대적으로 용수가 부족한 지역과 여유있는 지역을 구분할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.154-162
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• 2005

Objectives: To analyze the relationships of socioeconomic status(SES) to health status and health behaviors in the elderly. Methods: Data were obtained from self-administered questionnaire of 4,587 persons, older than 65 years, living in a community. We measured the sociodemographic characteristics, socioeconomic status, health status (subjective health status, acute disease, admission experience, dental state, chronic disease etc.), activities of daily living (ADL), instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), and mini-mental state examination-Korean (MMSEK). Binary and multinominal logistic regression analyses were employed to analyze factors affecting on the socioeconomic status of the elderly. Results: With regard to the SES and health status, those with a low SES had poorer subjective health states and lower satisfaction about their physical health. Also, acute disease experiences, admission rates and tooth deciduation rates were higher in those of low SES. In the view of physical and cognitive functions, the ADL, IADL and MMSE-K scores were also lower in those of low SES. However, with regard to health behaviors, lower smoking and alcohol drinking rates were found in the low SES group, and a similar trend was shown with regular physical exercise, eating breakfast, and regular physical health check-up. From these findings, we surmise that those with low SES have a poorer health condition and less money to spend on health, therefore, they can not smoke or drink alcohol, exercise and or have a physical health check-up. Conclusion: This study suggests that socioeconomic status plays an important role in health behaviors and status of the elderly. Low socioeconomic status bring about unhealthy behavior and poor health status in the elderly. Therefore, more specific target oriented(esp. low SES persons) health promotion activities for the elderly are very important to improve not only their health status, but their health inequity also.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.11-22
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• 2015

Objectives: This study was to examine the influences of community characteristics on the mortality rates. Community characteristics included socioeconomic environmental characteristics, health care resources, and health lifestyle practice. Methods: This study used secondary data whose units of analyses were 249 administrative districts. Mortality rates were estimated with hierarchical regression models entered in the order of (1) socioeconomic environmental characteristics, (2) health care resources, and (3) health lifestyle practice. Results: About 70% of mortality rate was explained by socioeconomic environmental characteristics, health care resources, and health lifestyle practice. In particular, socioeconomic environmental characteristics showed the strongest impact on mortality rate. Among socioeconomic characteristics, community with lower rate of households headed with college or more, lower number of inhabitants per on-premise license, higher rate of population in poverty, and rural region showed higher mortality rate. Among health care resources, community with higher number of inhabitants per doctor and lower number of inhabitants per hospital bed showed higher mortality rate. Among health lifestyle practice, community with higher current smoking rate and lower moderate physical activity practice rate showed higher mortality rate. Conclusions: The results suggest that policy makers should take into account socioeconomic environmental characteristics of community in developing community-based health promotion rather than focusing on lifestyle changes of residents.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.2667-2676
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• 2013

본 연구는 청소년이 인지하는 스트레스, 우울 및 자살생각을 확인하고 일반적 특성에 따른 차이와 부모의 사회경제적 지위에 영향 요인을 파악하기 위한 서술적 조사연구이다. 본 연구 자료는 질병관리본부의 2009년도 국민건강 영양조사 원시자료 중 건강 설문조사 부분을 응답한 청소년 904명이다. 수집된 자료는 빈도와 백분율, 교차분석, 다변량 로지스틱 회귀분석을 이용하여 검정하였다. 본 연구의 결과 우울과 자살사고의 경우에서 사회경제적 수준이 낮은 집단에서 더 높은 분포를 보였고, 스트레스의 경우는 사회경제적 수준이 높은 세대주의 자녀의 경험비율이 그 외의 집단에 비해서 높은 수치를 보였다. 우울과 자살생각을 주요결과로 한 분석모형에서는 부모의 직업 상태에 따라 차이가 있었다. 자살생각에 대한 위험요인으로는 어머니의 교육수준과 기초생활수급가족 여부도 포함되었다. 본 논문의 분석방법을 통해 국가표본조사 데이터를 이용하여 자살을 예방하고 우울, 스트레스를 감소시키기 위한 개별 및 집단 상담, 정규 교육 프로그램의 개발과 적용이 요구되며, 청소년 개인의 건강행태 뿐만 아니라 부모의 정보를 바탕으로 하는 위험 집단 선별과 가정내 환경요인 중재를 강화하는 연구에 기여할 수 있다.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.226-232
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• 2016

Background: This study was conducted to analyze the influence of socioeconomic characteristics of community on the food insecurity under the control of personal socioeconomic factors which may be influence to the food security. Methods: Food insecurity and individual socioeconomic characteristics were obtained from 2012 community health survey. Socioeconomic characteristics of communities were extracted from the data of Statistics Korea and local governments. Personal socioeconomic factors were sex, age, educational status, job, and monthly family income. Socioeconomic characteristics of communities were administrative district (urban vs. rural), senior population rate, degree of financial self reliance, degree of financial independence, portion of welfare budget, number of welfare facilities, and unemployment rate. We analysed the relationships between the food insecurity and socioeconomic characteristics of community using multi-level analysis under the control of personal characteristics. Results: On personal level age, sex, education status, and monthly family income were related with food insecurity. On community level administrative district (urban vs. rural), degree of financial independence, unemployment rate, and proportion of welfare budget among local general government accounts were related to individual food insecurity. Rural area, district with low levels of financial independence, low portion of welfare budget, and greater unemployment rate showed a higher level of food insecurity. Conclusion: To reduce the level of food insecurity in a community it is necessary to decrease the unemployment rate, in addition to providing support from the central government by increasing the proportion of the welfare budget so that both factors contribute to raising the degree of financial independence.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제69권3호
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• pp.9-33
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• 2017

본 연구의 목적은 우리나라 아동빈곤의 사회경제적 비용을 추계하는 것이다. 선행 연구를 통해 직접비용과 간접비용 항목을 선정하였고, 선정된 각 비용 항목에 대해 기존 데이터 수집과 전문가 델파이 조사를 진행하여 사회경제적 비용을 산출하였으며, 이러한 총 비용을 우리나라의 GDP에 대비하여 살펴보았다. 본 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 2015년 우리나라 아동빈곤의 사회경제적 비용은 절대 빈곤율 기준 총 55조3,009억(GDP대비 3.5%),상대 빈곤율 기준 99조6,858억원(GDP대비 6.5%)에 이르는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 아동 빈곤의 사회경제적 비용은 직접비용에 비해 간접비용이 훨씬 큰 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 전체 비용 항목 중에서 절대 빈곤율과 상대 빈곤율 기준 모두 가장 큰 비중을 차지하는 것은 생산성 손실과 미취업/실직 등의 고용 관련 비용이었고, 그 다음에 범죄비용으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 빈곤 아동에 대한 조기 개입, 부모와 자녀에게 동시에 개입하는 이세대 프로그램 실시, 빈곤 아동 같은 고위험 집단의 경우 장기적이고 지속적인 개입과 더불어 통합적 개입이 필요함을 강조하였다.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.107-119
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• 2012

This study examined the mediating effect of maternal abuse and neglect on the relationship between socioeconomic status and preschoolers' social behavior. A total of 702 mothers with 3-year-olds(353 boys and 349 girls) and the children's teachers, all of whom reside in Seoul, participated in the study. Socioeconomic status was measured by maternal educational level and monthly household income. Maternal abuse and neglect were assessed by asking mothers to complete the Parent-to-Child Version of the Conflict Tactics Scales. Both mothers and teachers completed the Preschool Social Behavior Scale in order to evaluate prosocial behavior and aggression. The results indicated that both socioeconomic status and maternal abuse and neglect were significantly associated with preschool children's prosocial behavior, and socioeconomic status was significantly and negatively related to aggression. Furthermore, a structural equation model confirmed the mediating effect of maternal abuse and neglect on the relationship between socioeconomic status and preschool children's prosocial behavior, suggesting the need for interventions focusing on improving positive parenting and decreasing negative parenting to promote prosocial behavior.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.5-11
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• 2009

Objectives : This study was conducted to estimate the socioeconomic cost of injuries in South Korea. Methods : We matched claims data from national health insurance, automobile insurance and industrial accident compensation insurance(IACI), and mortality data obtained from the national statistical office from 2001 to 2003 by patients unique identifier. Socioeconomic cost included both direct cost and indirect cost: the direct cost was injury-related medical expenditure and the indirect cost included loss of productivity due to healthcare utilization and premature death. Results : The socioeconomic cost of injuries in Korea was approximately 1.9% of the GDP from 2001 to 2003. That is, 12.1 trillion KRW(Korean Won) in 2001, 12.3 trillion KRW in 2002, and 13.7 trillion KRW in 2003. In 2003, direct medical costs were 24.6%(3.4 trillion KRW), the costs for loss of productivity by healthcare utilization were 13.0%(1.8 trillion KRW), and the costs for loss of productivity by premature death were 62.4%(8.6 trillion KRW). Conclusions : In this study, the socioeconomic cost of injuries in Korea between 2001 and 2003 was estimated by using not only health insurance claims data, but also automobile insurance, IACI claims and mortality data. We conclude that social efforts are required to reduce the socioeconomic cost of injuries in Korea, which represented approximately 1.9% of the GDP for the time period specified.