title: Gender Differences in the Effects of Job Control and Demands on the Health of Korean Manual Workers.
abstract: We used the job-demand-control model to answer our two research questions concerning the effects of working conditions on self-rated health and gender differences and the association between these working conditions and health among Korean manual workers. Since a disproportionate representation of women in nonstandard work positions is found in many countries, including Korea, it is important to examine how working conditions explain gender inequality in health. We used data from the 2008-2009 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and analyzed a total sample of 1,482 men and 1,350 women using logistic regression. We found that job control was positively related to self-rated health, while both physical and mental job demands were negatively related to self-rated health. We also found significant interaction effects of job demands, control, and gender on health. Particularly, female workers' health was more vulnerable to mentally demanding job conditions. We discussed theoretical and practice implications based on these findings.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Social Welfare , Hyupsung University , Gyeonggi-Do , South Korea.
authors.forename: HeeJoo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: b Faculty of Liberal Arts & Education , Hyupsung University , Gyeonggi-Do , South Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Hye
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: c Division of Social Welfare , Hanyang Cyber University , Seoul , South Korea.
authors.forename: Yeon Jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.affiliation: d Department of Social Welfare , Youngdong University , Chungbuk , South Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Bae
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health; D056910:Republic of Korea; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology*; D017132:Workplace / Q000592:standards*; D055815:Young Adult