ABSTRACT Concerns over poverty and health inequality are growing in South Korea. Using advanced statistical methods including lagged-dependent variable and fixed-effects approaches, we investigated whether experiencing material hardship (MH) was associated with self-rated health (SRH) among low-income households in South Korea. This study found that the experience of MH was positively associated with higher likelihood of reporting poor SRH (OR = 1.42, p < .05) and that experiencing two or more items of MH presented more harmful influence on SRH (OR = 2.02, p < .001). This study also found that the negative association between MH and SRH was stronger among the unemployed households.

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韩国低收入家庭的物质困难和健康自评

摘要 韩国对贫困和健康不平等的担忧日益加剧。使用包括滞后因变量和固定效应方法在内的先进统计方法，我们调查了韩国低收入家庭经历物质困难 (MH) 是否与自评健康 (SRH) 相关。本研究发现，MH 经历与报告 SRH 不良的可能性较高（OR = 1.42，p < .05）呈正相关，并且经历两项或更多 MH 项目对 SRH 的有害影响更大（OR = 2.02，p < .05） .001）。本研究还发现，在失业家庭中，MH 和 SRH 之间的负相关性更强。