• 근관절건강학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.138-146
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• 2023

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine knowledge, health beliefs and health promoting behavior about osteoporosis in working women in their 20s and 30s. Methods: A survey was conducted among working women in their 20s and 30s who visited the health promotion center of B Medical Center in B Metropolitan City. The data were collected from December 2021 to March 2022 using structured self-reported questionnaires. SPSS/WIN 25.0 program was used to analyze the data. Results: Factors influencing health promoting behavior about osteoporosis in women in their 20s and 30s were in the order of "good" subjective health status (β=.47, p<.001), "moderate" subjective health status (β=.36, p<.001) and knowledge (β=.18, p=.015). These factors explained 12.4% of health promoting behaviors about osteoporosis. Conclusion: The results indicate the need to develop and implement healthcare programs that can improve the health status and provide knowledge to improve health promoting behavior about osteoporosis in women in their 20s and 30s.

• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.370-379
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• 2021

This study investigated the wearing status and design preferences regarding athleisure wear, focusing on young women in their 20s and 30s and middle-aged women in their 40s and 50s participating in yoga and fitness activities. A total of 332 valid samples were used for the survey by setting the same number of samples for each age group. The results showed that young women in their 20s and 30s exhibited weight control, and middle-aged women in their 40s and 50s maintained their health in relation to exercise. Athleisure wear brands were found to prefer foreign brands over domestic brands. When purchasing athleisure wear, the foremost considerations were material functionality, fit according to body shape, and reasonable prices. The preferred athleisure wear leggings design showed that both middle-aged women and young women preferred nine-piece leggings. Women in their 20s to 50s were found to purchase and acquire information on athleisure wear online. Hence, the pattern of life is rapidly transitioning from offline to online, and the market structure of athleisure wear is gradually transitioning toward an omni-channel society with a distribution market structure that combines information technology(IT) and mobile technologies. Therefore, It is required to develop athleisure wear of various functional products that meet the trends according to the global market environment and consumer class.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.65-79
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• 1998

The purposes of this study were to establish a conceptual model on the woman's labor force participation and mobility in the labor market and to analyze the correlation between them. Included in those models were two independent variable sets. The one was related to household's financial conditions and the other was associated to the woman's role such as marital status, the number of children and the existence of young children. KHPS's national data was used and the Binomial Probit Model and Bivariate Probit Model were employed to analyse the effects of independent variables and the correlations between two dependent variables. The results of this study were as follows. The rate of women's labor force participation and the percentage of mobility willingness were 15.4% and 22.0%. Among the variables which have affected women's labor force participation were total wage income, non-wage income, expenditure on children's education and the subject judgement of their financial status. The existence of children under the age of 6 and marital status had significant influences on women's mobility willingness. The correlation between women's labor force participation and mobility willingness was very significant statistically. These findings clarified the status of woman as a secondary worker and pointed that a woman's economic activity would be subject to the woman's condition rather than her human capital.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.350-360
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• 2017

본 연구는 제5기 (2010~2011) 국민건강영양조사를 이용하여, 초경 후 여자 청소년, 폐경 전 여성과 폐경 후 여성을 대상으로 철 영양상태 및 식품 섭취 빈도와 혈중 중금속 농도와의 상관성을 규명하고자 수행되었고, 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 1) 폐경 후 여성, 폐경 전 여성, 여자 청소년 순으로 혈중 납, 수은, 카드뮴 농도가 높았다. 수은 중독 비율은 폐경 후 여성에서 가장 높았다. 2) 철 영양 상태와 결핍은 초경 후 청소년의 경우, 혈청 페리틴 농도의 평균값이 가장 낮았고, 폐경 전 여성의 경우 헤모글로빈, 헤마토크릿 농도의 평균값이 가장 낮았고, 헤모글로빈, 헤마토크릿, 혈청 페리틴, 철 결핍비율이 가장 높았다. 3) 철 영양상태와 혈중 중금속 농도 관계에서 초경 후 청소년은 철 영양 상태가 나쁠수록 혈중 카드뮴 농도가 높았다. 폐경 전 여성도 철 영양 상태가 나쁠수록 혈중 카드뮴 농도가 높았으나, 혈중 납 농도, 혈중 수은 농도는 낮아 양의 상관관계를 보였다. 폐경 후 여성은 철 영양 상태가 좋을수록 혈중 납 농도는 낮았고, 혈중 수은 농도, 혈중 카드뮴 농도는 높았다. 4) 혈중 중금속 농도와 식품군별 섭취빈도의 상관성은 초경 후 청소년의 경우, 혈중 납 농도는 우유 및 유제품 섭취 빈도와 음의 상관관계를 보였고, 혈중 수은 농도는 생선 및 어패류 섭취 빈도와 양의 상관관계를 보였다. 혈중 카드뮴 농도는 곡류, 우유 및 유제품 섭취 빈도와 음의 상관관계를 보였다. 폐경 전 여성의 경우, 혈중 납 농도와 서류, 육류 및 난류, 과일 섭취 빈도와 음의 상관관계를 보였고, 혈중 수은 농도는 생선 및 어패류 섭취 빈도와 양의 상관관계를 보였고, 곡류, 서류 섭취 빈도와 음의 상관관계를 보였다. 혈중 카드뮴 농도는 서류, 육류 및 난류 섭취 빈도와 음의 상관관계를 보였다. 폐경 후 여성의 경우, 혈중 납 농도는 패스트푸드 및 튀긴 음식 섭취 빈도와 음의 상관관계를 보였고, 혈중 수은 농도는 서류 섭취 빈도와 음의 상관관계를 보였고, 과일섭취 빈도와 양의 상관관계를 보였다. 이상의 결과로 볼 때, 폐경 후 여성의 혈중 중금속 농도와 중독비율이 다른 여성에 비해 더 높았고, 폐경 전 여성의 철 영양상태가 초경 후 청소년과 폐경 후 여성에 비해 좋지 않았다. 초경 후 청소년은 철 영양상태가 나쁠수록 혈중 카드뮴 농도는 높았으며, 우유 및 유제품의 섭취 빈도는 혈중 납 농도, 혈중 카드뮴 농도와 음의 상관관계에 있었다. 폐경 전 여성의 경우, 철 영양상태가 나쁠수록 혈중 카드뮴 농도는 높았으며, 생선 및 어패류 섭취 빈도가 많을수록 혈중 수은 농도가 높아졌다. 결론적으로 여성의 연령, 월경여부 등으로 인해 철 영양상태가 상이함에 따라 혈중 중금속 종류에 따른 농도와의 상관성이 달랐으며, 식품군 섭취빈도와의 상관관계도 다르게 나타남을 확인하였다.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.265-273
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• 2016

Objectives: This study compared the nutritional status of child-bearing age women between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea). Methods: The data presented in the DPRK Final Report of the National Nutrition Survey 2012 was utilized for the nutritional status and food intake of North Korean women. To produce the South Korean women's data comparable to those of North Korean women, the data from the 2012 National Health and Nutrition Survey were analyzed and the data presented in the 2010 Report of the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards were utilized. Results: The prevalence of maternal anemia (blood hemoglobin < 12.0 g/dL) was over 30% in all the age groups of North Korean women and 8.9%, 14.2%, 16.4% in 20-29, 30-39, 40-49 year old South Korean women, respectively. The prevalence of maternal protein-energy malnutrition (Mid-Upper Arm Circumference < 22.5 cm) was 25.2%, 21.4%, 21.8% in 20-29, 30-39, 40-49 year old North Korean women, respectively and less than 10% in all the age groups of South Korean women. Result of dietary diversity comparison showed that North Korean women consumed less food than South Korean women at all food groups: grains, fruits, vegetables, meat, and dairy. Percentage of North Korean women having consumed protein rich foods-meat and fish, eggs or dairy products-were much lower than those of South Korean women. Conclusions: The striking disparity of nutritional status between South and North Korean women indicates that nutrition support for North Korean women is essential in the process of preparation for a unified nation.

• Journal of Community Nutrition
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.87-95
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• 2001

This study was conducted to investigate nutritional knowledge, dietary attitudes, and dietary behaviors of adult women, and to examine if these characteristics were different by acne status. Subjects were 106 adult women residing in Seoul recruited from clients and employers at skin care centers, and housewives from apartment complexes. Surrey instrument was adapted or modified based on literature review and dietary intakes were assessed using 24-hour recalls for two days and CAN-pro. All data was statistically analyzed using x$^2$test and ANOVA. When examined by acne status, 41.5% of subjects were categorized into acne group, 20.8% were as ex-acne group, and 37.7% as no-acne group. Parental experience of acne was significantly related to acne status(p〈 0.01). Education, employmental status, and smoking or drinking status were not related to acne status. Subjects had a moderate level of nutritional knowledge(72.7 point) and the nutritional knowledge store was not significantly different by acne status. When examined by individual items, the groups showed significant difference on the items regarding vitamin C and necessity of carbohydrates(p 〈 0.05). Subjects showed favorable dietary attitudes. Although the acne group showed more favorable attitudes on the importance of nutrition on acne, the overall dietary attitudes of the acne group were not significantly different from the ex-acne group or no-acne group. Similarly only small differences were noticed in dietary behaviors or nutrient intakes by acne status. Cholesterol consumption was hitgher in the no-acne group than in the acne group or ex-acne group(p 〈 0.01). The intakes of energy, iron, and calcium was much below the RDA in three groups. Although there were not many significant differences in nutritional knowledge, dietary attitudes, and dietary behaviors by acne status, this study provided some baseline information regarding study variables by acne status.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.51-58
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• 2022

Introduction: Previous studies on occupational health focussed predominately on the occurrence of occupational diseases. Relatively few studies have measured how employment is associated with the use of healthcare services. This study investigates the association between employment and the extent and range of healthcare use, such as medical expenditures, of women in South Korea. Methods: We analyze data of the Korean Health Panel, an ongoing longitudinal national representative survey, from 2008 to 2017, to identify the status of economic activity of women by year and age group. We estimate the association between female employment status and medical expenditures by using random effect panel Tobit models. Furthermore, we investigate the association between employment status and the range of healthcare services in biomedicine and traditional Korean medicine (KM) by conducting conditional fixed-effects logistic regression analyses. Results: For women aged between 25 and 65 in 2017, the majority of them were employed or self-employed. (The proportion of employment of self-employment equals 64.80%). In addition, working women spent 11.6% less on healthcare than nonworking women, and self-employment lowered the healthcare expenditure by 13.1%. Neither work nor the type of work is related to the types and range of healthcare service use. Being employed or self-employed is negatively associated with women's expenditure on healthcare. Conclusions: The findings show that employment is associated with less spending on healthcare. They imply that employment has a positive impact on women's health.

• 비교문화연구
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• 제31권
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• pp.7-33
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• 2013

The ultimate goal of women's studies and feminist critics is to improve the understanding on women and recognize women's values. When we examine the Korean women's history on the viewpoint of gender, we can find that the gender role is not fixed. We do not have any proofs that there are any kinds of gaps between women and men in ability and temperament. All of women's identity and subjectivity in status and activities was not insignificant. Especially women's subjectivity in high social standing was superior. The women's activities in economic area were energetically. The productive activities were lively, too. The patrilineal decent is usual in Chana though China is in the same Confucianism cultural area. But patrilineal and matrilineal decent were popular used until the early days in Chosun Dynasty. Only sons can be inherited father's estate in China but it's not in our country. Also the patriarch had the economic power in family in China but the housewives had the power in ours. The feminism has been making efforts for the equality of sexes and the dismantling of the patriarchal sex role for a long time. Every feminist activities included feminist theory and cultural criticism has the goal to increase women's liberty and equality and change the world. This study to understand the historical substance of Korean women is on the way, too.

• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.339-347
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• 2014

This paper was examined socio-demographic characteristics influencing married women's fertility plans in Korea. Few studies have focused on fertility plans by using census data, and therefore this study employs 2010 census 2% sample data. It focuses on differential characteristics influencing not only whether women have plans for additional children but also how many additional children women plan to have. Women's age, age at marriage, employment status, number of children, and number of sons are consistently associated with their fertility plans and planned number of additional children. The educational level is positively related to plans for additional children for both men and women, and the effect weakens or disappears with an increase in the planned number of additional children. The result showing consistent positive effect of the number of sons reflects son preference in Korea. Positive effects of women's high educational attainment and employment status on fertility plans may reflect the importance of economic stability but requires further research.

• 한국보건간호학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.5-16
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• 2009

Purpose: This study was conducted to identify the effects of perceived health status and fatigue on family health, and to define the main factors that influence family health in middle aged women. Methods: Using a structured questionnaire, data were collected from 311 middle aged women. Descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation coefficient, a t-test and ANOVA, a Scheffe test, and Stepwise multiple regression were conducted using the SAS package. Results: The mean score of perceived health status was 3.17($\pm$.63), while that of fatigue was 2.65($\pm$.49) and that of family health was 2.91($\pm$.37). Fatigue was negatively related to perceived health status and family health. In addition, perceived health status was positively correlated with the family health. The major factors that affect family health in middle aged women were perceived health status, economic status, mental fatigue, and satisfaction with marital status, which explained 27.2% of family health. Conclusion: These results indicate that, to increase family health, it is necessary to concentrate on improving the perceived health status and decreasing fatigue.