Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion (보건교육건강증진학회지)

Korean Society for Health Education and Promotion (한국보건교육건강증진학회)
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Self-rated Health and Individual Level Social Capital Across the Administrative Sections

행정구역(동.읍.면)에 따른 개인 수준의 사회적 자본과 지각된 건강수준

  • Lee, Jin-Hyang (Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Paeng, Ki-Yeong (Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Kim, Jang-Rak (Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Jeong, Baek-Geun (Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Park, Ki-Soo (Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University)
  • 이진향 (경상대학교 의학전문대학원 예방의학교실 및 건강과학연구원) ;
  • 팽기영 (경상대학교 의학전문대학원 예방의학교실 및 건강과학연구원) ;
  • 김장락 (경상대학교 의학전문대학원 예방의학교실 및 건강과학연구원) ;
  • 정백근 (경상대학교 의학전문대학원 예방의학교실 및 건강과학연구원) ;
  • 박기수 (경상대학교 의학전문대학원 예방의학교실 및 건강과학연구원)
  • Received : 2012.05.23
  • Accepted : 2012.06.18
  • Published : 2012.06.30
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Abstract

Objectives: The purpose of this research is to measure the level of individual social capital, and to reveal the associations between social capital and self-rated health status and how the administrative section(dong, eup, and myeon) might modify the relationships. Methods: This study used the data from Gyeongsangnam-Do health survey (2008). The study subjects were 6,500 adults randomly sampled from 20 counties. Trained interviewers conducted the interviews in the interviewees' houses using structured questionnaires. The association of social capital with self-rated health was analyzed using hierarchical logistic regression. Results: The proportion of trust and social participation were the highest at eup region and the lowest at myeon, The significant social capital associated with self-rated good health were both social participation and trust in the subgroups of dong. The significant social capital associated with self-rated good health were social participation and trust in the subgroups of eup. The significant social capital associated with self-rated good health was trust in the subgroups of myeon. Conclusions: This study highlights that self-rated good health was associated with social capital measured by social participation and trust, and the direction is different in the administrative section. But, health policy encouraging social capital to improve health should be considered.

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