abstract: 'Background: Social status might be a determinant of occupational health

  inequalities. This study analyzed the effects of social status on both

  work environments and health outcomes.

  Methods: The study sample consisted of 27,598 wage employees aged 15

  years and older from among the Korean Working Condition Survey

  participants in 2011. Work environments included atypical work, physical

  risks, ergonomic risks, work demands, work autonomy, social supports,

  and job rewards. Health outcomes comprised general health, health and

  safety at risk because of work, the World Health Organization-5

  Well-being Index, work-related musculoskeletal disease, and work-related

  injury. Multivariable logistic-regression models were used to identify

  the associations between social status and work environments and health

  outcomes.

  Results: Employees in the demographically vulnerable group had lower

  occupational status compared with their counterparts. Low social status

  was largely related to adverse work environments. Especially, precarious

  employment and manual labor occupation were associated with both adverse

  work environments and poor health outcomes.

  Conclusion: Precarious and manual workers should take precedence in

  occupational health equity policies and interventions. Their cumulative

  vulnerability, which is connected to demographics, occupational status,

  adverse work environments, or poor health outcomes, can be improved

  through a multilevel approach such as labor market, organizations, and

  individual goals. (C) 2017 Occupational Safety and Health Research

  Institute, Published by Elsevier Korea LLC.'
affiliation: 'Choi, E (Corresponding Author), Kyungpook Natl Univ, Coll Nursing, Res
  Inst Nursing Sci, 680 Gukchaebosang Ro, Daegu 41944, South Korea.

  Choi, Eunsuk, Kyungpook Natl Univ, Coll Nursing, Res Inst Nursing Sci, 680 Gukchaebosang
  Ro, Daegu 41944, South Korea.'
author: Choi, Eunsuk
author-email: eschoi2007@knu.ac.kr
author_list:
- family: Choi
  given: Eunsuk
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.shaw.2017.03.002
eissn: 2093-7997
files: []
issn: 2093-7911
journal: SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK
keywords: employee health; health equity; social status
keywords-plus: 'WORKING-CONDITIONS; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; GLOSSARY;

  GENDER'
language: English
month: DEC
number: '4'
number-of-cited-references: '42'
orcid-numbers: Choi, Eunsuk/0000-0002-4622-745X
pages: 371-377
papis_id: e25051850ac30540c2637650aa631c4e
ref: Choi2017healthinequalities
researcherid-numbers: Choi, Eunsuk/C-7898-2014
times-cited: '3'
title: Health Inequalities Among Korean Employees
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000416980800008
usage-count-last-180-days: '3'
usage-count-since-2013: '11'
volume: '8'
web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
year: '2017'