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The Unequal Burden of Self-Reported Musculoskeletal Pains Among South Korean and European Employees Based on Age, Gender, and Employment Status

  • Bahk, Jinwook;Khang, Young-Ho;Lim, Sinye
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • 제12권1호
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    • pp.57-65
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    • 2021
  • Background: The objective of this study was to elucidate the relationships musculoskeletal pains with combined vulnerability in terms of age, gender, and employment status Methods: The fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) in 2010 (43,816 participants aged 15 years and over) analyzed for European employees and the third Korean Working Conditions Survey (KWCS) in 2011 (50,032 participants aged 15 years and older) analyzed for Korean employees. In this study, three well known vulnerable factors to musculoskeletal pains (older age, female gender, and precarious employment status) were combined and defined as combined vulnerability. Associations of musculoskeletal pains with combined vulnerability were assessed with prevalence ratios (PRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) estimated by Poisson regression models with robust estimates of variance. Results: The prevalences of musculoskeletal pains were lower but the absolute and relative differences between combined vulnerabilities were higher among Korean employees compared with the European employees. Furthermore, the increased risk of having musculoskeletal pains according to combined vulnerability was modestly explained by socioeconomic factors and exposure to ergonomic risk factors, especially in Republic of Korea. Conclusions: The results of this study showed that the labor market may be more unfavorable for female and elderly workers in Republic of Korea. Any prevention strategies to ward off musculoskeletal pains, therefore, should be found and implemented to mitigate or buffer against the most vulnerable work population, older, female, and precarious employment status, in Republic of Korea.

50·60세대 취업 포털 사이트 구직자의 특성 및 구직 요구 분석 (Analysis of the Sociodemographic Characteristics and Desire for Employment of Job seekers in their Fifties and Sixties Using Portal Site)

  • 김애경;김기성
    • 보건의료산업학회지
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    • 제13권1호
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    • pp.55-65
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    • 2019
  • Objectives: The purpose of this study is to analyze basic data on socio - demographic characteristics, occupational careers, and desire for employment of job seekers in their Fifties and Sixties using a portal site. Methods: For this research, secondary data were collected by the researcher from 704 job seekers and were statistically analyzed using the SPSS package. Results: The results of the analysis are as follows: Most job seekers want a job that suits their competence and career trajectory, but the reality is that as their age increases, jobs suitable for those in their fifties and sixties are hard to find; thus these job seekers accept simple labor or functional jobs. Conclusions: Differences were found in work conditions such as occupation level, job position, total career years, desired employment type, and expected salary depending on socio - demographic variables. Consequently, improvements should be made for various job searching paths for older adults as well as increasing the accessibility of job searching information.

근로자의 고용상태가 미충족 의료에 미치는 영향 (The Effect of Employment Status on the Unmet Needs of Medical Utilization in Workers)

  • 최재우
    • 보건의료산업학회지
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    • 제12권4호
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    • pp.31-41
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    • 2018
  • Objectives: This study was designed to evaluate whether employment status is associated with the experience of unmet care needs. Methods: This study utilized the Korea Health Panel data from 2012 to 2016. A total of 4,083 workers were selected as baseline subjects in 2012 and were followed for four years. This study used the GLIMMIX procedure under the marginal model while adjusting for covariates. Results: A total of 12.4% of 4,083 people said they had failed at least once to have a treatment or checkup despite the needs. Those more likely to experience unmet care needs were women and people of lower income level, with worse health conditions and chronic disease. Precarious workers, the self-employed, and the unemployed were more likely to experience unmet care needs caused by economic burden than permanent workers (Odds Ratio: 2.14, 2.07, 2.74, respectively). Conclusions: This disparity means that precarious workers and the unemployed are more likely to face barriers in obtaining needed health services. Given their insecure employment status, meeting their needs for health care is an important consideration.

Workplace Violence in Workers with Multi-Party Employment Arrangements: Results from the Korean National Representative Survey

  • Yoon, Yeogyeong;Jung-Choi, Kyunghee
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • 제13권1호
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    • pp.93-98
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    • 2022
  • Background: Despite a growing number of investigations exploring the health problems in precarious workers, there is still a paucity of studies investigating workplace violence in workers with multi-party employment arrangements (WMPEAs). This study was aimed at comparing the prevalence of workplace violence between non-WMPEA and WMPEA. Methods: The 5th Korean Working Conditions Survey data were used. The study subjects were employees aged 20-74, with 26,239 non-WMPEA and 1,556 WMPEA. WMPEA included temporary agency workers and workers providing outsourced services. Workplace violence including verbal abuse, unwanted sexual attention, threats, and humiliating behaviors were used as outcome variables. The odds ratios of risk of workplace violence were calculated using multiple logistic regression. Results: The age-standardized prevalence of workplace violence was significantly higher among WMPEA. After adjusting for all covariates, the risk of workplace violence among WMPEA was still significant (OR 1.80, 95% CI 1.5-2.2) compared with non-WMPEA. The odds ratio of workplace violence among female WMPEA was 1.99 (95% CI 1.53-2.59), which is higher than that of male WMPEA (OR 1.52, 95% CI 1.18-1.96). Conclusion: We found that WMPEA were exposed to higher risk of workplace violence. Discrimination against WMPEA in the working environment and management policy need to be corrected. It is also necessary to identify the risk factors of workplace violence in WMPEA and to make efforts to prevent violence.

Workability and Life Satisfaction: Effects of Workers' Positive Perceptions on Their Return to Jobs

  • Kang, Dongsuk
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • 제13권3호
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    • pp.286-293
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    • 2022
  • Background: The death rate of workers due to industrial accidents in South Korea (3.61 persons in 2017) is higher than the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development average (2.43) and the fifth highest among Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development member countries. Although the pandemic of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has changed, the socioeconomic aspects of Korean society, the number of Koreans suffering accidents and the number of deaths in 2020 have increased. It is necessary to take measures to prevent accidents and make comprehensive efforts to return to work. This study proposes research questions about the effect of workers' positive perception on whether to work after accidents and the impact of the experience of rehabilitation services on the return to work. Methods: This research performed a panel logistic regression analysis using data on workers' compensation insurance in Korea for two years (2018-2019). Results: This research finds that workers' positive perceptions of workability and life satisfaction contributed affirmatively to their re-employment. Several factors related to employment (e.g., work period, the number of job qualifications) also positively affect their return to work. However, the experience of rehabilitation services did not have a significant effect on re-employment. The variables of their health conditions (e.g., disability grade, feelings of health problems, age) negatively influenced their return to jobs. Conclusion: These results suggest the importance of workers' mental recovery and the need to innovate rehabilitation services for their employment. Positive thinking and self-rehabilitation could be critical for workers, parallel with social welfare policies.

Factors Affecting Employment Decisions in Tourism Sectors: A Case Study of the Southern Red River Sub-Region, Vietnam

  • DUYEN, Dang Thi Thuy;ANH, Tran Thi Van
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • 제9권5호
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    • pp.389-396
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    • 2022
  • Tourism has always played an important role in socio-economic development in Vietnam and in many countries around the world. Tourism is also an industry that has attracted a large number of workers in the past two decades in Vietnam in general and territories in particular. Over the past two decades, tourism in the southern Red River sub-region has created thousands of jobs for local workers and neighboring provinces. The study aims to examine the factors affecting the employment decision of workers in the tourism industry in the South Red River sub-region. Using a pilot study surveying 10 workers in three provinces to adjust the questionnaire and a sample data of 193 observations were performed. The experimental results prove that the independent variables explain 64% of the variation of the dependent variable, and other reasons can explain the rest (36%). Research results show that four factors, namely, welfare (WE), working conditions (IN), the potential for tourism development (POT), and development policy (POL) have a positive impact on the employment decision of workers. Meanwhile, the two factors that are tourism cooperation (CO)and Education (EDU), have an insignificant impact on the employment decision of workers in the southern Red River sub-region.

고령자의 취업에 영향을 미치는 요인에 대한 연구: 도시와 농촌의 비교를 중심으로 (The Study on the Factors Affecting the Elderly Employment: Focusing on the Comparisons between Urban and Rural Areas)

  • 구양미
    • 한국경제지리학회지
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    • 제19권1호
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    • pp.104-121
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    • 2016
  • 본 연구의 목적은 고령자의 취업에 영향을 미치는 요인을 분석하는 것으로, 특히 도시와 농촌을 비교하는 것이다. 이를 위해 2014년 노인실태조사 원자료를 이용하여 이항 로지스틱 회귀분석 방법을 사용하였다. 65세 이상 노인의 인구학적 특성, 건강관련 특성, 가구관련 특성, 경제적 특성, 최장기직업 특성, 생활환경 특성, 지역 특성이 취업에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 분석 결과 도시거주 노인에 비해 농촌거주 노인이 현재 일하고 있을 가능성이 높았다. 도시와 농촌으로 나누어 분석한 결과 도시지역 고령자의 취업에 영향을 미치는 요인이 더 다양하고 복잡하게 나타났다. 고령자의 일자리에 있어서 도시와 농촌의 지역 차이에 따른 차별화된 정책과 지원이 필요함을 도출할 수 있다.

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장소기반 정책과 도시빈곤: 일자리 미스매치와 지역노동시장의 장소성 분석 (Place-based Policy and Urban Poverty: An Analysis of Employment Mismatch and Placeness of Regional Labor Market)

  • 이원호
    • 대한지리학회지
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    • 제51권1호
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    • pp.41-56
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    • 2016
  • 본 논문은 도시빈곤 이면에 중요하게 작용하는 노동시장과정으로서 일자리 및 공간적 미스매치의 실태를 고찰하고, 더 나아가 보다 효과적인 장소기반 노동시장적 개입이 고려해야 하는 지역노동시장의 지역성을 분석하였다. 광역대도시 지역노동시장의 성과로서 실업률의 변화는 노동력의 수요와 공급에 의한 불균형과 다양한 근로조건에 따른 미스매치의 역동적인 상호작용에 의해 결정되며, 그러한 결정과정도 지역노동시장에 따라 차별적임을 고찰하였다. 또한 우리나라의 대도시 고용 교외화 과정 속에서 공간적 미스매치가 인적자본 요구 수준과 취업기회의 산업선택적 특성을 통해 노동집단에 따라 차별적인 영향을 초래한다는 점도 분석되었다. 결과적으로 이 모든 과정은 개별 지역노동시장 내에서 고유한 과정을 통해 작동하는 바, 도시빈곤과 일자리 미스매치 등 노동시장 과정을 연계하고, 문제해결을 위한 노동시장적 개입을 추진함에 있어 노동시장의 장소성에 기반한 장소기반 정책이 필요하다.

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외모만족도와 자아탄력성이 치위생(학)과 재학생의 취업스트레스에 미치는 영향 (Impact of appearance satisfaction and ego-resilience on employment stress among dental hygiene students)

  • 김선주;김한홍
    • 한국치위생학회지
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    • 제14권1호
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    • pp.75-84
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    • 2014
  • Objectives : The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of the appearance satisfaction and ego-resilience of dental hygiene students on their employment stress. Methods : A self-reported questionnaire was filled out by 403 female dental hygiene students in five colleges in Chungbuk-do, Gyeongnam-do, and Daejeon. Results : 1. The college students got a mean of $2.78{\pm}0.42$, $3.27{\pm}0.41$ and $2.28{\pm}0.52$ in appearance satisfaction, ego-resilience and job-seeking stress, respectively. 2. Employment stress revealed higher score in poorer financial conditions(p<0.001) and less major satisfaction(p<0.001). 3. Employment stress had a negative correlation to a physical attraction and somatic condition which were the sub-factors of appearance satisfaction. Stress also had a negative correlation to personal relationship and emotional control which were the sub-factors of ego-resilience. 4. Household economy(p=0.023) was identified as a variable that affected job-seeking stress, physical attraction(p=0.048) and somatic condition(p=0.039). Personal relationship(p=0.040) and emotional control(p=0.034) were the influential variables and had 33.2% of explanation power for employment stress. Conclusions : Appearance satisfaction and ego-resilience were the factors affecting job-seeking stress. Therefore counseling and educational programs should be provided for dental hygiene students to look at their own appearance and bodies in a more positive way, to foster their ego-resilience, to relieve and properly cope with employment stress and ultimately to promote their mental health.