Objectives: About for twenty years, immigrant women in South Korea have steadily increased due to economic growth and industrialization. According to previous studies in terms of immigrants, subjective socio-economic status(SES) as well as objective SES such as income, occupation and level of education predict health outcomes. The purpose of this study was to examine association between subjective social status and perceived health among immigrant women. Methods: We analyzed 12,531 participants from the 2012 National Survey of Multicultural Families. Study variables included subjective SES in Korea, subjective SES in community and perceived health. Control variables were age, household income, employment, education, marital status, ethnicity, language proficiency. For this study, descriptive analysis, Chi-square test, and multivariate logistic regression analysis were performed. Results: Among immigrant women, after adjusting for control variables, level of education in community was not associated with perceived health. Otherwise, subjective social status in Korea(low subjective social status reference group vs high subjective status : OR 2.056) was associated with perceived health. Conclusions: Immigrant women in Korea would be culturally affected by inherent characteristic rather than social economic status. Through this study, in order to improve health inequality among immigrant women, we should consider developing social supports and networks.
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ABSTRACT Ⅰ. 서론 Ⅱ. 연구방법 1. 연구대상 및 자료 2. 변수설명 3. 분석방법 Ⅲ. 연구결과 1. 조사 대상의 특성 2. 이주여성의 특성과 주관적 건강인지와의 관계 3. 주관적 건강인지와 주관적 사회수준, 교육수준, 가구소득 간의 상관관계 4. 이주여성의 주관적 건강인지에 영향을 미치는 요인 Ⅳ. 논의 Ⅴ. 결론 참고문헌
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ImmigrantsPerceived healthMulticultural familiesSubjective social status
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목형균 [ Hyung-kyun Mok | 고려대학교 일반대학원 보건과학과 ]
조규희 [ Kyu-hee Jo | 고려대학교 일반대학원 간호학과 ]
이준협 [ Jun Hyup Lee | 고려대학교 일반대학원 보건과학과, 고려대학교 대학원 보건과학과 BK21플러스 인간생명-상호작용 융합사업단, 고려대학교 보건과학대학 보건정책관리학부 ]
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