Jurnal Ekonomi Kesehatan Indonesia
Vol 6, No 2 (2021)

The Health Status of Labor Force in East Kalimantan Province: Effect of Individual Characteristics and Household Conditions

Jaka Eben Heizer (1. Master of Applied Economics, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Padjadjaran University. 2. BPS-Statistics Indonesia, Kapuas Hulu Regency)
Budiono Budiono (1. Master of Applied Economics, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Padjadjaran University. 2. Center for Economics and Development Studies, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Padjadjaran University.)
Ferry Hadiyanto (Center for Economics and Development Studies, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Padjadjaran University.)
Pipit Pitriyan (Center for Economics and Development Studies, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Padjadjaran University.)
Adiatma Yudistira Manogar Siregar (Center for Economics and Development Studies, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Padjadjaran University.)



Article Info

Publish Date
06 Jan 2022

Abstract

The aims of this research are first, to explore the factors that are associated with health status. Second, to address the individual characteristics and household conditions that affect the health status of labor force, taking into account the urban-rural differences. This research utilized data from SUSENAS Cor 2018, and employed a cross sectional - multinomial logistic regression analysis method. The dependent variable is the health conditions of the labor force. The findings show that, age and number of household members were significant for both sick and very sick health status in all two type of areas analyzed. In urban and rural areas simultaneously gender, expenditure per capita, and drinking water were only significant for sick health group while marital status, education, employment status, sanitation, house area was only significant for very sick health status group. In urban areas, the results indicated that gender, employment status, and drinking water were only significant for sick health status, while marital status, education, sanitation, and house area significant for very sick health status. Moreover, in rural areas, marital status was only significant for sick health status whereas, sanitation and house area were significant for the very sick health status. 

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jurnal-eki

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Subject

Education Environmental Science Health Professions Public Health

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Jurnal Ekonomi Kesehatan Indonesia, Jurnal EKI, presents scientific writings on information and updates of health economic in collaboration with Centre for Health Economic and Policy Studies (CHEPS) Universitas Indonesia and INAHEA (indonesian Health Economic Association). Jurnal EKI is published ...