Association between employment status and self-rated health: Korean working conditions survey.
10.1186/s40557-016-0126-z
- Author:
Kimin KWON
1
;
Jae Bum PARK
;
Kyung Jong LEE
;
Yoon Sik CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ajou University Hospital, Suwon, South Korea. jbpark@ajou.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Precarious work;
Employment status;
Self-rated health;
Korean Working Conditions Survey
- MeSH:
Employment*;
Humans;
Logistic Models;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
2016;28(1):43-
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: This research was conducted with an aim of determining the association between employment status and self-rated health. METHODS: Using the data from the Third Korean Working Conditions Survey conducted in 2011, We included data from 34,783 respondents, excluding employers, self-employed workers, unpaid family workers, others. Self-rated health was compared according to employment status and a logistic regression analysis was performed. RESULTS: Among the 34,783 workers, the number of permanent and non-permanent workers was 27,564 (79.2 %) and 7,219 (20.8 %). The risk that the self-rated health of non-permanent workers was poor was 1.20 times higher when both socio-demographic factors, work environment and work hazards were corrected. CONCLUSIONS: In this study, perceived health was found to be worse in the non-permanent workers than permanent workers. Additional research should investigate whether other factors mediate the relationship between employment status and perceived health.
