Unmet Healthcare Needs in Unstable Jobs: Perspectives from Low-Skilled Migrant Workers in South Korea.

ABSTRACT: This study explores the relationship between precarious employment and unmet healthcare needs among low-skilled migrant workers with E-9 visas in South Korea, addressing health disparities in a rapidly aging society. Using microdata from the 2024 Survey on Immigrants' Living Conditions and Labor Force (n = 2576), latent class analysis identified 3 employment types: High Precarity Type (37.8%), Moderate Precarity Type (34.0%), and Low Precarity Type (28.2%). Logistic regression, controlling for demographic, and immigration-related factors, showed that the Moderate Precarity Type (OR = .53, P < .05) and Low Precarity Type (OR = .37, P < .01) had lower odds of unmet healthcare needs compared to the High Precarity Type. Higher wages (OR = .48, P < .05) and income sa

SUBMITTER: Hwang MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12576178 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature