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Gender gap in self-rated health in South Korea compared with the United States

Authors
 Seo Yoon Lee  ;  Sun Jung Kim  ;  Ki Bong Yoo  ;  Sang Gyu Lee  ;  Eun-Cheol Park 
Citation
 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY, Vol.16(1) : 11-20, 2016 
Journal Title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN
 1697-2600 
Issue Date
2016
Keywords
Self-rated health ; Women health ; Gender differences ; Cross nation ; Descriptive study
Abstract
Addressing the gender gap issue is a key to the reduction of the health gap between and within nations. This study aimed to describe gender differences in SRH of populations in South Korea and the United States (U.S.). Data on 33,240 eligible participants from the KNHNES and 39,646 participants from the NHNES was included in the study. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to identify gender differences in SRH. SRH was rated as poor in 18.8% and 16.3% of the participants in South Korea and in the U.S. The results of this study indicated that South Korean women had a higher risk of poor SRH, differed from women in the U.S. The 20–39 age group had a higher risk for poor SRH in both South Korea and the U.S. It suggested that South Korea's traditional gender roles negatively affect women. Thus, the welfare of South Korean should be improved to reduce these between-country health gaps by applying health-related laws to differentiation of beneficiaries’ gender and age group.
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DOI
10.1016/j.ijchp.2015.08.004
Appears in Collections:
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Preventive Medicine (예방의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
4. Graduate School of Public Health (보건대학원) > Graduate School of Public Health (보건대학원) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Park, Eun-Cheol(박은철) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2306-5398
Lee, Sang Gyu(이상규) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4847-2421
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/146357
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