From: Health and healthcare in North Korea: a retrospective study among defectors
Model 1: Multivariate logistic regressiona | Household Health | Healthcare access | |||
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Morbidity | Mortalityb | Healthcare Access | Life-threatening illness without care | Life-threatening exposure to cold | |
Political Status | AOR [95%CI] | AOR [95%CI] | AOR [95%CI] | AOR [95%CI] | AOR [95%CI] |
Workers’ Party of Korea member | 0.91 [0.52,1.59] | 0.71 [0.39,1.29] | 2.34** [1.31,4.18] | 0.81 [0.47,1.39] | 1.10 [0.64,1.88] |
Economic Status | |||||
Household wealth (Top 40% vs bottom 20%) | 1.18 [0.52,2.67] | 3.41* [1.12,10.36] | 0.36* [0.15,0.86] | 2.44* [1.10,5.40] | 2.15 [0.93,4.95] |
Household income (below $1/Day) | 0.83 [0.43,1.62] | 1.05 [0.49,2.24] | 0.40** [0.21,0.78] | 0.53 [0.28,1.00] | 1.62 [0.83,3.15] |
Market business | 2.50*** [1.45,4.31] | 1.82 [0.95,3.53] | 0.29*** [0.15,0.50] | 1.29 [0.74,2.23] | 1.90* [1.08,3.31] |