Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

The Korean Society for Preventive Medicine (대한예방의학회)
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Does Non-standard Work Affect Health?

비정규직 근로가 건강에 미치는 영향

  • Kim, Il-Ho (School of Public Health and Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University) ;
  • Paek, Do-Myung (School of Public Health and Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University) ;
  • Cho, Sung-Il (School of Public Health and Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University)
  • 김일호 (서울대학교 보건대학원 및 보건환경 연구소) ;
  • 백도명 (서울대학교 보건대학원 및 보건환경 연구소) ;
  • 조성일 (서울대학교 보건대학원 및 보건환경 연구소)
  • Published : 2005.09.01
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Abstract

Objectives : Job insecurity, such as non-standard work, is reported to have an adverse impact on health, regardless of health behaviors. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between non-standard employment and health in Korea. Methods : We analyzed a representative weighted sample, which consisted of 2,112 men and 1,237 women, aged 15-64, from the 1998 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Non-standard employment included part-time permanent, short time temporary and daily workers. Self-reported health was used as a health indicator. Results : This study indicated that women were more likely to report poorer health than men with standard jobs. Of all employees, 20.3% were female manual workers. After adjusting for potential confounders, such as age, education, equivalent income, marital, social and self-reported economic status and health behavior factors, nonstandard employment was found to be significantly associated with poor health among female manual workers (OR, 1.86; 95% CI, 1.24 to 2.79). No significant association was found in other working groups Conclusions : Among female manual workers, nonstandard employees reported significantly poorer health compared with standard workers. This result raises concern as there are increasing numbers of non-standard workers, particularly females.

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