Explaining gender differences in ill-health in South Korea: The roles of socio-structural, psychosocial, and behavioral factors

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 988-1001

  Chun, Heeran ^a   Khang, Young Ho ^b   Kim, Il Ho ^a   Cho, Sung Il ^c  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Health inequalities; Modernization; Social change; Social determinants; South Korea

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; EMPLOYMENT; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MODERNIZATION; MORBIDITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOUTH KOREA; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 48449088492     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.05.034     Document Type: Article

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