CHAIRPERSON
Dr Kriti Vikram, Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore
ABSTRACT
More attention should be paid to investigating why gender differences in the educational gradients in weight status strongly exist in specific contexts. This study extends previous literature by examining how the link between education and weight status operates before and after controlling for other socioeconomic (SES) characteristics and health behaviors within the structure of gender relations in South Korea where huge gender differences have been documented in the educational gradients in weight status. This study focuses on whether weight status is socially patterned by the interplay between human capital, economic, and behavioral resources in a highly gendered context. The gender-specific pathways through which education is associated with weight status and weight perceptions is examined by using the Korean National Health Survey (N= 17,947) conducted in 2008-2012.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Yeonjin Lee is a postdoctoral fellow of the Changing Family Cluster in Asia Research Institute. She obtained her PhD from Sociology and Demography at University of Pennsylvania. Her research interests are quantitative methods, social demography, social stratification, and health policy. Her studies have focused on health inequalities that arise from interactions between education, gender, and socio-cultural context. Her ongoing projects are examining the health inequalities in East Asian and Southeast Asian countries by using various demographic methodological approach. She will specifically shed light on gender differences in health care utilization and aging process related with family support.
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