Ann Occup Environ Med.  2016 ;28(1):43. 10.1186/s40557-016-0126-z.

Association between employment status and self-rated health: Korean working conditions survey

• Kwon K
• Park JB
• Lee KJ
• Cho YS

• KMID: 2370923
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1186/s40557-016-0126-z

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.

Keyword

Keywords; Precarious work; Employment status; Self-rated health; Korean Working Conditions Survey

MeSH Terms

Employment*
Humans
Logistic Models
Surveys and Questionnaires