Association between employment status and self-rated health: Korean working conditions survey.
BACKGROUND
This research was conducted with an aim of determining the association between employment status and self-rated health.


METHODS
Using the data from the Third Korean Working Conditions Survey conducted in 2011, We included data from 34,783 respondents, excluding employers, self-employed workers, unpaid family workers, others. Self-rated health was compared according to employment status and a logistic regression analysis was performed.


RESULTS
Among the 34,783 workers, the number of permanent and non-permanent workers was 27,564 (79.2 %) and 7,219 (20.8 %). The risk that the self-rated health of non-permanent workers was poor was 1.20 times higher when both socio-demographic factors, work environment and work hazards were corrected.


CONCLUSIONS
In this study, perceived health was found to be worse in the non-permanent workers than permanent workers. Additional research should investigate whether other factors mediate the relationship between employment status and perceived health.
Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ajou University Hospital, Suwon, South Korea.
Kimin
K
Kwon
Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ajou University Hospital, Suwon, South Korea.
Jae Bum
0000-0002-5959-0477
JB
Park
Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ajou University Hospital, Suwon, South Korea.
Kyung-Jong
KJ
Lee
Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ajou University Hospital, Suwon, South Korea.
Yoon-Sik
YS
Cho
Employment status; Korean Working Conditions Survey; Precarious work; Self-rated health