Gender Based Health Inequality and Impacting Factors

Autor: Mi Young Song, Woo Youn Lim, Jeung Im Kim
Jazyk: English<br />Korean
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing, Vol 21, Iss 2, Pp 150-159 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2287-1640
DOI: 10.4069/kjwhn.2015.21.2.150
Popis: PURPOSE: This study was aimed to identify gender-based health inequality and explore impacting factors on health inequality in one province in Korea. METHODS: This was an explanatory study using the secondary data on Chungnam province from the Fifth Community Health Survey from August 16 to Oct 31, 2012. Variables included in this analysis were education level, poverty, marital status, and residential community for socio-cultural characteristics and subjective health status as an indicator of health inequality. Data were analyzed by chi2-test, t-test, ANOVA, and multiple linear regression. RESULTS: There were gender inequalities and disparities in health, and these inequalities were greater in woman than in man (chi2=161.8, p
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