title: Gender Difference in Relationship between Health-Related Quality of Life and Work Status.
abstract: This study investigated the association of employment status with health-related quality of life in adult Koreans, as well as the gender difference in the relationship, using a large, nationally representative sample. Using data from the Korea Health Panel survey, we examined the relationship between quality of life measured by EQ-5D and work status among Korean adults. We also tested whether and how the relationship between quality of life and work status differed by gender. Quality of life among working adults was better than among non-working adults. The gap between the two groups was larger among male than female participants. Further, the gender differential effect was larger in the 41-60-year-old age group than in the 18-40-year-old and 61-or-older groups. Being employed has a positive relation to quality of life among adults. Work status plays a more important role in quality of life for men than for women, especially for the working elderly men than working elderly women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Healthcare Management and Institute of Global Healthcare Research, Eulji University, Seongnam-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jin-Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Noh
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Welfare, Seoul Women's University, Nowon-Gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jinseok
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.
authors.forename: Jumin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: School of Business, Ewha Womans University, Seodaemun-Gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun-Jung
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Humanities and Social Medicine, College of Medicine and Catholic Institute for Healthcare Management, the Catholic University of Korea, Seocho-Gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Young Dae
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Kwon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012737:Sex Factors; D055815:Young Adult