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Korean Academy of Health Policy and Management (한국보건행정학회)
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The Influence of Community Characteristics on Food Insecurity Korean Adults

지역사회의 특성이 우리나라 성인의 식품불안정에 미치는 영향

  • Park, Jun (Department of Health Information and Management, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kang, Gilwon (Department of Health Information and Management, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Tak, Yangju (Department of Paramedic Science, Korea National University of Transportation) ;
  • Chang, Sounghoon (Department of Preventive Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Kunsei (Department of Preventive Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Hyeongsu (Department of Preventive Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine)
  • 박준 (충북대학교 의과대학 의료정보학및관리학교실) ;
  • 강길원 (충북대학교 의과대학 의료정보학및관리학교실) ;
  • 탁양주 (한국교통대학교 응급구조학과) ;
  • 장성훈 (건국대학교 의학전문대학원 예방의학교실) ;
  • 이건세 (건국대학교 의학전문대학원 예방의학교실) ;
  • 김형수 (건국대학교 의학전문대학원 예방의학교실)
  • Received : 2016.07.11
  • Accepted : 2016.09.29
  • Published : 2016.09.30
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Abstract

Background: This study was conducted to analyze the influence of socioeconomic characteristics of community on the food insecurity under the control of personal socioeconomic factors which may be influence to the food security. Methods: Food insecurity and individual socioeconomic characteristics were obtained from 2012 community health survey. Socioeconomic characteristics of communities were extracted from the data of Statistics Korea and local governments. Personal socioeconomic factors were sex, age, educational status, job, and monthly family income. Socioeconomic characteristics of communities were administrative district (urban vs. rural), senior population rate, degree of financial self reliance, degree of financial independence, portion of welfare budget, number of welfare facilities, and unemployment rate. We analysed the relationships between the food insecurity and socioeconomic characteristics of community using multi-level analysis under the control of personal characteristics. Results: On personal level age, sex, education status, and monthly family income were related with food insecurity. On community level administrative district (urban vs. rural), degree of financial independence, unemployment rate, and proportion of welfare budget among local general government accounts were related to individual food insecurity. Rural area, district with low levels of financial independence, low portion of welfare budget, and greater unemployment rate showed a higher level of food insecurity. Conclusion: To reduce the level of food insecurity in a community it is necessary to decrease the unemployment rate, in addition to providing support from the central government by increasing the proportion of the welfare budget so that both factors contribute to raising the degree of financial independence.

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