Study on the Relationship between Health Risk Behaviors of Rural Residents by Regional Scale
10.5393/JAMCH.2024.49.2.111
- Author:
Seungyeon CHO
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Author Information
1. Department of Economics, Kyonggi University
- Publication Type:Original Articles
- From:Journal of Agricultural Medicine & Community Health
2024;49(2):111-120
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Objective:This study aimed to analyze the correlation between factors affecting health risk behaviors of rural residents according to regional scale.
Methods:Restricted-access data from the 2016~2021 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the multivariate probit model were used. As for health risk behaviors, smoking, drinking, lack of aerobic exercise, low level of healthy eating index, unvaccination, and non-participation in health examination were considered.
Results:Controlling for individuals' socio-demographic characteristics, in general, correlation coefficients between unobservable factors affecting health risk behaviors were significant. However, the magnitude and statistical significance of the correlation coefficients varied by regional scale (dong/eup/myeon). This suggests that rural residents engage in health risk behaviors due to their different characteristics compared with urban dwellers, which also varies by whether residents are located in eup or myeon area.
Conclusion:It is necessary to differentiate health care services between urban and rural areas in terms of type of service and programs based on the relationship between unobservable factors affecting each type of health risk behaviors.
