Su Hee Kim; Chung Yul Lee

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Analysis of Factors Affecting Unmet Healthcare Needs of Married Immigrant Women: Su Hee Kim, Chung Yul Lee; Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2013;43(6):770-780.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2013.43.6.770
Published online: December 31, 2013

¹College of Nursing, Graduate School, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.

²College of Nursing, Institute of Health Services Research, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Lee, Chung Yul. College of Nursing, Institute of Health Services Research, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea. Tel: +82-2-2228-3308, Fax: +82-2-392-5440, cylee@yuhs.ac

• Received: July 16, 2013 • Accepted: November 4, 2013

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Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to identify the factors affecting the unmet healthcare needs of married immigrant women.
Methods
This study was a secondary data analysis using data from the 2009 National Survey of Multicultural Families. Data collected from 58,735 married immigrant women who had spouses were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, and logistic regression.
Results
Overall, 9.9% of married immigrant women have unmet healthcare needs. The significant predictors related to unmet healthcare needs were young age, high level of education, employed, country of origin, long period of residence, low income, uninsured, urban area, low level of subjective health status, and illness experience over past two weeks. In particular, four variables (long period of residence, low income, subjective health status, and illness experience over past two weeks) significantly predicted unmet healthcare needs for women from all countries of origin.
Conclusion
The results of the study indicate that common predictors related to unmet healthcare needs of married immigrant women are a long period of residence, low income, subjective health status, and illness experience over past two weeks. Therefore intervention strategies to decrease unmet healthcare needs should focus on these significant predictors.
Keywords: Immigrant; Women; Unmet healthcare need

This manuscript is an addition based on the first author's master's thesis from Yonsei University.

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Table 1

Unmet Healthcare Needs by the General Characteristics of Married Immigrant Women (N=58,735)

^*Unweighted; ^†Weighted.

Table 2

Predictors of Unmet Healthcare Needs of Married Immigrant Women (N=58,735)

^*p<.05; ^†p<.01; ^‡p<.001.

Table 3

Predictors of Unmet Healthcare Needs of Married Immigrant Women by Ethnicity (N=53,104)

^*p<.05; ^†p<.01; ^‡p<.001.

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Analysis of Factors Affecting Unmet Healthcare Needs of Married Immigrant Women

J Korean Acad Nurs. 2013;43(6):770-780. Published online December 31, 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2013.43.6.770

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Analysis of Factors Affecting Unmet Healthcare Needs of Married Immigrant Women

Table 1

Unmet Healthcare Needs by the General Characteristics of Married Immigrant Women (N=58,735)

^*Unweighted; ^†Weighted.

Table 2

Predictors of Unmet Healthcare Needs of Married Immigrant Women (N=58,735)

^*p<.05; ^†p<.01; ^‡p<.001.

Table 3

Predictors of Unmet Healthcare Needs of Married Immigrant Women by Ethnicity (N=53,104)

^*p<.05; ^†p<.01; ^‡p<.001.

Table 1 Unmet Healthcare Needs by the General Characteristics of Married Immigrant Women (N=58,735)

^*Unweighted; ^†Weighted.

Table 2 Predictors of Unmet Healthcare Needs of Married Immigrant Women (N=58,735)

^*p<.05; ^†p<.01; ^‡p<.001.

Table 3 Predictors of Unmet Healthcare Needs of Married Immigrant Women by Ethnicity (N=53,104)

^*p<.05; ^†p<.01; ^‡p<.001.