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. 2015 Dec 2;10(12):e0143579.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143579. eCollection 2015.

Gender Difference in Relationship between Health-Related Quality of Life and Work Status

Jin-Won Noh  1 , Jinseok Kim  2 , Jumin Park  3 , Hyun-Jung Kim  4 , Young Dae Kwon  5
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Gender Difference in Relationship between Health-Related Quality of Life and Work Status

Jin-Won Noh et al. PLoS One. .

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.

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Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Fig 1. Relationship between quality of life and work status by gender.
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Fig 2. Relationship between quality of life and work status by gender by age group.
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