Health Behavior Patterns of Korean.
- Author:
Soon Young LEE
1
;
Seon Woo KIM
;
Ju Won PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Health practice;
Health lifestyle pattern;
Cluster analysis;
Health promotion
- MeSH:
Alcohol Drinking;
Cluster Analysis;
Diet;
Drinking;
Health Behavior*;
Health Promotion;
Humans;
Korea;
Life Style;
Motor Activity;
Risk-Taking;
Smoke;
Smoking;
Socioeconomic Factors
- From:Korean Journal of Preventive Medicine
1997;30(1):181-194
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to identify population subgroups with similar patterns of diet quality, physical activity, alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking of Korean. The cluster analysis was conducted using the data from Korea National Health Survey(KNHS) in 1995, which consisted of 5,805 persons. We identified six health behavior typologies: 32.9% of the sample had a good diet but sedentary activity level(good diet lifestyle), 7.2% had high activity level but less diet quality(fitness lifestyle). Individuals in the passive lifestyle cluster(39.1%) had no active health promoting activities but tended to avoid risk taking health behavior such as cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking. 1.1% of the sample were in a drinking cluster, 17.2% in a smoking cluster and 2.5% had a hedonic lifestyle characterized by heavy drinking and smoking. The other characteristics of these lifestyle clusters could be presented by demographic and socioeconomic factors.
