한국 성인남녀의 교육 수준과 비만 간 관계 : 연령에 따른 변화를 중심으로The Relationship between Educational Attainment and Obesity among Korean Adults : Focusing on Age Variations
- Other Titles
- The Relationship between Educational Attainment and Obesity among Korean Adults : Focusing on Age Variations
- Authors
- 백은정; 김진영
- Issue Date
- 2013
- Publisher
- 한국보건교육건강증진학회
- Keywords
- Korean adults; Obesity; Age; Educational attainment
- Citation
- 보건교육건강증진학회지, v.30, no.5, pp.91 - 100
- Indexed
- KCI
- Journal Title
- 보건교육건강증진학회지
- Volume
- 30
- Number
- 5
- Start Page
- 91
- End Page
- 100
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/104937
- ISSN
- 1229-4128
- Abstract
- Objectives: Despite the considerable interest in the increase in obesity particularly of socially disadvantaged group in Korea, how obesity
varies according to various socio-demographic characteristics still remains largely unanswered. To further develop the understanding of
obesity in Korea, the present study focuses on the possibility that the relationship between educational attainment and obesity varies across
age. Methods: Using 2010 Korea National Health & Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES), this study divides the adults into male
and female groups and examines the interaction effect of age and educational attainment on obesity through binominal logit models for
each group. Results: The most educated male group is more likely to be obese than those who did not complete high school. And the
relationship between male's educational attainment and obesity does not significantly change across age. In contrast to male's obesity
pattern, female educational attainment has a significant negative association with obesity. The gap in obesity across educational groups
converges after middle ages in female. Conclusions: Health policies should pay more attention to those who are more vulnerable to obesity
risk in order to effectively reduce obesity.
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