J Prev Med Public Health.
2017 Jul;50(4):228-239. 10.3961/jpmph.16.110.
Associations Between Preschool Education Experiences and Adulthood Self-rated Health
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- 1Department of Health Policy and Management, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. yhkhang@snu.ac.kr
- 2Institute of Health Policy and Management, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Korea.
- 3Department of Public Health, Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea.
- KMID: 2387577
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3961/jpmph.16.110
Abstract
OBJECTIVES
This study aimed to examine the association between preschool education experiences and adulthood self-rated health using representative data from a national population-based survey.
METHODS
Data from the Korean Labor and Income Panel Study in 2006 and 2012 were used. A total of 2391 men and women 21-41 years of age were analyzed. Log-binomial regression analyses were conducted to examine the associations between preschool education experience and self-rated health in adulthood. Parental socioeconomic position (SEP) indicators were considered as confounders of the association between preschool education experience and adulthood subjective health, while current SEP indicators were analyzed as mediators. Age-adjusted prevalence ratios (PRs) and the associated 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated.
RESULTS
Compared with men without any experience of preschool education, those with both kindergarten and other preschool education experiences showed a lower prevalence of self-rated poor health (PR, 0.65; 95% CI, 0.47 to 0.89). In women, however, such an association was not evident. The relationship of preschool education experiences with self-rated poor health in adulthood among men was confounded by parental SEP indicators and was also mediated by current SEP indicators. After adjustment for parental and current SEP indicators, the magnitude of the associations between preschool education experiences and adulthood subjective health was attenuated in men.
CONCLUSIONS
Preschool education experience was associated with adulthood self-rated health in men. However, this association was explained by parental and current SEP indicators. Further investigations employing a larger sample size and objective health outcomes are warranted in the future.
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