• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.631-641
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• 2018

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to confirm the relationship between socioeconomic characteristics and the prevalence of periodontal disease, with a focus on employment status, in a representative sample of Korean adults aged 19-39 years. Methods: Data were obtained from 3,178 adults who completed the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, health-related questionnaires, and an oral examination. Socioeconomic, demographic, and oral health-related behavior data were adopted as independent variables. The chi-square test was used to assess differences in the distribution of socioeconomic status, oral health behavior, and nutrition factors according to employment status. Logistic regression analysis was performed to confirm the relationships between the prevalence of periodontitis and the related variables. Results: Significant differences in sex, educational level, income, marital status, smoking status, prevalence of periodontitis, number of dental check-ups in a year, and unmet dental care were confirmed according to employment status. The prevalence of periodontal disease was not significantly related to employment status. Conclusions: These results suggest a significant difference in periodontal disease according to socioeconomic factors in Korean adults. However, the prevalence of periodontal disease was not related to employment status. To prevent the progression of periodontal disease, attention should be paid to oral health, time available for dental treatment, smoking cessation, and use of floss.

• 사회복지연구
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.5-30
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• 2018

이 연구는 우리사회에서 갈수록 심화되는 계층 간 교육격차를 극복하거나 완화하는 기제가 무엇인지 탐색하기 위하여 수행되었다. 이를 위하여 부모의 사회경제적 지위가 중학생 자녀의 학업성취에 미치는 직접적인 영향과 가정 내 사회자본의 한 형태인 부모의 정서적 지지, 그리고 학생 자신의 자아탄력성을 매개로 학업성취에 미치는 영향을 분석했다. 한국 아동청소년 패널 조사의 중학교 1학년 코호트 1차 및 2차 년도 자료를 대상으로 구조방정식 모형을 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 부모의 사회경제적 지위와 부모의 정서적 지지 및 중학생의 자아탄력성은 학업성취에 직접적으로 유의미한 영향을 미쳤다. 둘째, 가정 내 사회자본의 하나인 부모의 정서적 지지는 부모 사회경제적 지위의 영향을 받았다. 셋째, 가정의 사회경제적 지위는 학업성취에 대하여 직접효과가 있을 뿐만 아니라, 부모의 정서적 지지와 자아탄력성을 매개로 한 간접효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과를 토대로 부모의 정서적 지지를 보완하거나 학생의 자아탄력성을 강화함으로써 교육격차 극복에 기여할 수 있는 사회복지 프로그램의 개발을 위한 제언을 하였다.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.129-140
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• 2009

Objectives: This study aimed to examined the socioeconomic disparities in oral health related behaviors and to assess if those behaviors eliminate socioeconomic disparities in oral health in a nationally representative sample of adults aged 30-64. Methods: Data are from the Korea Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2005). Behaviors were indicated by smoking, over intake of daily calories from carbohydrate, perceived stress, frequency of daily tooth brushing, use of oral hygiene goods, insufficient oral treatment. Oral health outcomes were self-reported dental caries and periodontitis during the last 12 months and perceived oral health. Education, household income, and employed status indicated socioeconomic position. Sex, age, residential area, marital status were adjusted for in the logistic regression analysis. Logistic regression analysis was used to assess socioeconomic disparities in behaviors. Logistic regression model adjusting and not adjusting for behaviors were compared to assess the change in socioeconomic disparities in oral health. Results: Clear socioeconomic disparities in all behaviors were showed. After adjusting for behaviors, the association between oral health and socioeconomic indicators attenuated but did not disappear. For example, the odd ratios of reporting poorer oral health for persons in no education or elementary school education and middle school education groups, compared with college or higher education group, were 1.77 (95% CI: 1.36-2.29) and 1.56 (1.19-1.97), respectively. After adjusting for all indicators of behaviors, these odds ratios attenuated to 1.54 (1.17-2.03) and 1.48 (1.15-1.91) for those groups, respectively. Conclusion: These findings suggest that the presence of more complex determinants of socioeconomic disparities in oral health should be considered with developing preventive policies for those disparities.

• Nutritional Sciences
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.218-222
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• 2004

Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is the world's most common nutritional problem. It is characterized by a low hemoglobin (Hb) level and low iron status. A study was conducted to investigate the incidence of iron deficiency anemia in day scholar girls belonging to different socioeconomic strata at Punjab University, Lahore. Iron status of the subjects was estimated by measuring Hb, hematocrit (Hct), red blood cell (RBC) count, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCR), serum iron, serum ferritin, total protein and albumin. Results indicated that females belonging to low socioeconomic strata had lower values for Hb, Hct, RBC count, total protein and albumin. Serum iron, serum ferritin, MCV and MCH values fell within the normal range for all of the socioeconomic groups. However, serum iron and ferritin varied with socioeconomic status and higher-income groups had significantly higher serum iron and ferritin. It was concluded that anemia may develop due to poor intake and absorption of iron and that those in the low-income bracket are the most affected group.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.309-316
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• 2021

Purpose: This study aimed to comprehensively explore the associations of socioeconomic status, parenting style, and grit with children's health behaviors. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 1,040 parents and their children using data from the 2018 Korean Children's Panel Survey. Socioeconomic status was measured in terms of household income and subjective socioeconomic status. Parenting style and grit and were measured using 62 and 8 items, respectively. Health behaviors were measured by assessing healthy eating habits, physical activity, and sedentary behavior. Results: Higher household income (β=.07, p=.018) and high maternal levels of an authoritative parenting style (β=.20, p<.001) were associated with higher compliance with healthy eating habits among children. Higher grit was associated with a higher number of weekly physical activity days (β=.08, p=.028) and sedentary behavior for <2 hours (odds ratio [OR]=1.04, 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.01-1.07) in children. A maternal permissive parenting style was associated with sedentary behavior for >2 hours on weekdays (OR=0.43, 95% CI=0.27-0.69). Conclusion: We suggest that when planning interventions to improve children's health behavior, it is essential to adopt a multifaceted approach that avoids practicing a maternal permissive parenting style, promotes an authoritative parenting style, and incorporates strategies to increase children's grit.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.332-351
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• 2002

The purpose of this study was to investigate effect of living condition and aging on food intake in Korea. 98 free-meal receivers and 81 members in well-being center for the aged were asked about their food frequency and food consumption and their socioeconomic status by a questionnaire. All data were analyzed by SPSS (Statistical Packages for the Social Sciences) 10.0 program. There were statistical differences of living condition, marital status, former job and teeth status between free-meal receivers and people with stable lives. Moreover, all age groups of free-meal receivers had lower income, living expenses, educational period and frequency of physical activity than those of people with stable lives. But smoking and drinking was much higher in free-meal receivers. Arthritis was the most prevalent disease in both groups. And free-meal receivers had higher blood pressure and lower Body Mass Index than people with stable lives. Food consumption of free-meal receivers was definitely lower than that of people with stable lives in terms of food frequency and standard amount of food eaten. But noodles, bean sprouts and eggs were very important foods for free-meal receives. Food consumption of the aged was affected by age, educational period, income, blood pressure, duration after retirement, frequency of physical activity and Body Mass Index. Therefore, as various socioeconomic status affects on food intakes of the aged, more effective and practical nutritional programs which consider the receivers'socioeconomic status are needed for the nutritionally at-risk groups like the aging free-meal receivers.

• 한국주거학회논문집
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.31-40
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• 2003

This study was intended to examine the effects of socioeconomic status on housing values, norms, and behaviors of young households. The purpose was accomplished using the Life Style Survey of 2001 in Ulsan, and the data from 370 households were analyzed. The importance of household income and current housing size which are used as a proxy for socioeconomic status in explaining housing values, norms, and behaviors were once again confirmed in this study, even if there were some other significant variables. This implies that housing values, norms, and behaviors tend to change according to the socioeconomic characteristics of the households under the conditions of controlling demographic ones.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.297-306
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• 2022

Objectives: The incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality is increasing in developing countries. This study aimed to decompose the socioeconomic inequality of CVD in Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional population-based study was conducted on 20 519 adults who enrolled in the Ardabil Non-Communicable Disease cohort study. Principal component analysis and multivariable logistic regression were used, respectively, to estimate socioeconomic status and to describe the relationships between CVD prevalence and the explanatory variables. The relative concentration index, concentration curve, and Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition model were used to measure and decompose the socioeconomic inequality. Results: The overall age-adjusted prevalence of CVD was 8.4% in northwest Iran. Multivariable logistic regression showed that older adults, overweight or obese adults, and people with hypertension and diabetes were more likely to have CVD. Moreover, people with low economic status were 38% more likely to have CVD than people with high economic status. The prevalence of CVD was mainly concentrated among the poor (concentration index, -0.077: 95% confidence interval, -0.103 to -0.060), and 78.66% of the gap between the poorest and richest groups was attributed to differences in the distribution of the explanatory variables included in the model. Conclusions: The most important factors affecting inequality in CVD were old age, chronic illness (hypertension and diabetes), marital status, and socioeconomic status. This study documented stark inequality in the prevalence of CVD, wherein the poor were more affected than the rich. Therefore, it is necessary to implement policies to monitor, screen, and control CVD in poor people living in northwest Iran.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제19권10호
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• pp.667-676
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• 2019

이 연구의 목적은 한국의료패널 자료를 이용하여 출산 여부에 따른 여성의 사회경제적 상태 변화의 차이를 파악하고자 하는 것이다. 이를 위해 성향점수 매칭방법을 이용해 출산 여성과 유사한 특성을 갖는 비교집단을 구성하고, 이중차이분석과 이중차이를 활용한 회귀분석을 통해 출산이 여성의 사회경제적 상태 변화에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 출산은 저축액의 감소, 여성의 경제활동 중단, 종사상 지위 변화에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타나 출산이 가정경제와 여성의 사회경제적 지위에 부정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이 같은 결과는 여성의 경제활동이 출산에 의해 중단되지 않고 직종과 지위에 관계없이 출산 이후에도 안정적으로 가정 경제를 꾸려나갈 수 있다는 믿음과 이를 실현하기 위한 장기적이고 지속적인 지원 방안이 마련되어야 함을 시사한다.

• 한국노년학
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.611-632
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• 2016

노년기 건강문제는 의료적 관점에서뿐만 아니라, 사회경제적 지위와 같은 사회적 조건과의 상호작용 속에서 해법을 찾을 필요가 있다. 이러한 인식 하에, 본 연구에서는 사회경제적 지위가 노인의 건강불평등에 이르는 메커니즘을 파악하고자 하였다. 구체적으로는 사회경제적 지위(소득 및 교육)와 신체적 건강의 세 차원(의료적 건강/기능적 건강/주관적 건강) 간의 사이에서의 중간기제로서 건강행동, 의료시설 접근성, 사회참여, 사회적 관계망의 매개효과를 규명하는 것이다. 연구모형의 검증을 위해 2014년에 실시된 전국노인실태조사 데이터를 2차 분석하였다. 본 연구의 대상은 65세 이상 남녀 노인 10,451명으로, 매개모형 검증을 위해 Baron & Kenny(1986)가 제안하는 절차에 따라 위계적 다중회귀분석을 실시하였고 매개효과의 유의성 검증을 위해 Sobel test를 실시하였다. 분석결과, 노인의 소득수준과 교육수준의 건강에 대한 효과가 동일하지는 않았고 건강의 하위차원에 따라서도 다소 다른 결과가 도출되기는 했지만, 전반적인 결과의 방향은 노인의 사회경제적 지위는 건강격차를 야기하고 있었으며, 그 메커니즘은 건강행동, 의료시설 접근성, 사회참여, 사회적 관계망을 매개한다는 것이다. 특히 본 연구에서 교육은 소득보다도 건강에 대한 보다 강력한 효과를 나타내었다는 점, 사회참여와 같은 사회통합요인의 효과가 부각되었다는 점, 거주지역을 통제한 이후에도 잔존한 의료시설 접근성의 유의미한 매개효과 등은 본 연구의 결과 중에서도 주목할 만하다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 사회경제적 조건으로 인한 건강불평등의 메커니즘을 규명하고 이를 완화시킬 수 있는 대안을 모색할 수 있었다는 점에서 본 연구의 의의가 있다.