This study aims to identify the health status of female migrant workers in Korea, and analyze the factors affecting their health. We derived the factors affecting the self-rated health of 5,264 employed female migrants, based on the 2020 Test Survey o...
This study aims to identify the health status of female migrant workers in Korea, and analyze the factors affecting their health. We derived the factors affecting the self-rated health of 5,264 employed female migrants, based on the 2020 Test Survey on Immigrants’ Living Conditions and Labour Force, for this purpose. The result showed that the self-rated health of female migrant workers was above average and generally positive. However, there were differences in health according to their socio-economic characteristics and working environment. In addition, job satisfaction, income satisfaction, working hours, and enterprise size affected the health of female migrant workers. This implied a health gap, depending on socio-economic characteristics and working environment among female migrant workers. The study’s results have the following implications. It is necessary to guarantee working conditions for female migrant workers through stable employment, examine the company's characteristics in a multidimensional way, improve their labor satisfaction by increasing awareness, and develop a measurement tool for a more specific and in-depth understanding of their health.