Gender inequalities in poor self-rated health: Cross-national comparison of South Korea and Japan

Institutionalized parties and party systems have traditionally been viewed as necessary conditions for democracies to function effectively. Although this area of research is germane to all democracies, most analyses have been divided by regional investigation. Seeking to bridge the gap, this article applies concepts and measures of institutionalization from the study of Latin America to Pacific Asia's two most prominent cases of democratic transition, South Korea and Taiwan. An effort is made to apply the approaches of Dix and Mainwaring and Scully on party and system institutionalization in Latin America to South Korea and Taiwan. Cross-national comparison reveals a curvilinear relationship between institutionalization and consolidation. Taiwan's path to consolidation has been predicated on a pattern very similar to those taken by Latin American cases, whereas South Korea, theoretically, should not be as close to consolidation as it is.

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A cross‐national comparison of transparency signaling in corporate social responsibility reporting: The United States, South Korea, and China cases

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management ◽

10.1002/csr.1766 ◽

2019 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Hyejoon Rim ◽

Jisu Kim ◽

Chuqing Dong

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

South Korea ◽

The United States ◽

United States South ◽

Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting ◽

National Comparison ◽

Corporate Social ◽

Cross National

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Cross-National Comparison of Twitter Use between South Korea and Japan: An Exploratory Study

International Journal of Contents ◽

10.5392/ijoc.2012.8.4.050 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 50-55 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Seong Eun Cho ◽

Han Woo Park

Keyword(s):

South Korea ◽

Exploratory Study ◽

National Comparison ◽

Cross National

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Health Inequalities in British Nurses using Census derived databases linked to an adjusted UK Index of Multiple Deprivation

International Journal for Population Data Science ◽

10.23889/ijpds.v3i4.613 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Will Ball ◽

Richard Kyle ◽

Iain Atherton ◽

Nadine Dougall

Keyword(s):

Health Outcomes ◽

Area Deprivation ◽

Inequalities In Health ◽

Multiple Deprivation ◽

Individual Level ◽

Self Rated Health ◽

National Comparison ◽

The Uk ◽

Index Of Multiple Deprivation ◽

Cross National

IntroductionScottish health outcomes are worse than in England and Wales. This variation remains after controlling for deprivation, which explains less excess mortality now than previously. Alternative cross-national deprivation measures have limitations which may explain some of this trend. Recent policy interventions to reduce inequalities have not been effective. Objectives and ApproachThis study aims to test a recently developed measure of area deprivation, the UK adjusted Index of Multiple Deprivation which has been linked to National Census derived Longitudinal Studies in England, Wales and Scotland. This adjusted measure is consistent across UK countries and addresses some limitations of previously utilised area measures of deprivation. This study also aims to test whether characteristics of Nurses are protective against inequalities in health. This study will test whether Nurses are more socio-economically homogenous and whether higher health literacy is protective against the social gradient in health outcomes. Results(1) Comparing Nurses to Non-Nurses in Scotland we found that they have systematically different demographic characteristics. Nurses are; older on average, more likely to be female, more likely to own their home, more likely to live in less deprived areas and they report better self-rated health. (1a) Correlation tests will examine the strength of relationship between health and Deprivation quintile for these groups. (2) Comparing Self-Rated Health of Scottish Nurses with English and Welsh Nurses will determine whether any ‘excess’ in worse health outcomes exists and (2a) if an excess does exist, whether the UK consistent deprivation measure can account for this. Analysis is currently ongoing and will be completed, with full results cleared for dissemination through disclosure control, prior to conference. Conclusion/ImplicationsThis study implements methods which provide a basis for cross-national comparison of inequalities using individual-level data and a consistent measure of area deprivation. Results from this study may also permit recommendations to improve the effectiveness of policy aimed at improving population health and reducing socio-economic inequalities in health.

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