Concordance in the Health Behaviors of Couples by Age: A Cross-sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate concordance in the health behaviors of women and their partners according to age and to investigate whether there was a stronger correlation between the health behaviors of housewives and those of their partners than between the health behaviors of non-housewives and those of their partners.

Methods

We used data obtained from women participants in the 2015 Korea Community Health Survey who were living with their partners. The outcome variables were 4 health behaviors: smoking, drinking, eating salty food, and physical activity. The main independent variables were the partners' corresponding health behaviors. We categorized age into 4 groups (19-29, 30-49, 50-64, and ≥ 65 years) and utilized multivariate logistic regression analysis, stratifying by a

SUBMITTER: Jeong S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5797723 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature