J Korean Community Nurs.  2001 Dec;12(3):609-619.

Relationship between Inequalities in Health and Inequalities in Socioeconomic Status

• Lee KO
• Yoon HS

Abstract

This cross-sectional study is to measure the distribution of self-reported health by income, house type, level of education, income satisfaction and self reported social class in an effort to compare the level of health inequality in Korea. The data used in the research are the Social Statistics Survey undertaken in 1999. The correlation coefficient was used to measure the association between inequalities in health and inequalities in socioeconomic status. The correlation coefficient was the most significant between self-reported health and the level of education and income satisfaction. As for the health-related behavior, hypertension, smoking, overweight and drinking were shown to be highly correlated with self-reported health.

MeSH Terms

Cross-Sectional Studies
Drinking
Education
Health Status
Hypertension
Korea
Overweight
Self Report
Smoke
Smoking
Social Class*
Socioeconomic Factors*
Smoke