| Intrahousehold discrepancy regarding food insecurity within intermarried couples of Vietnamese wives and Korean husbands in South Korea. | |
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PMID: 22125686 Owner: NLM Status: PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
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Our previous studies have demonstrated the inadequate nutritional status of Vietnamese female marriage immigrants in Korea. Major possible reasons include food insecurity due to economic problems as well as a lack of adjustment to unfamiliar Korean foods and limited access to Vietnamese foods; however, no study has investigated food insecurity among such intermarried couples. This study was performed to investigate the prevalence of food insecurity in Korean-husband-Vietnamese-wife couples and to determine whether they exhibit an intrahousehold discrepancy regarding food insecurity. A cross-sectional analysis of the Cohort of Intermarried Women in Korea study was performed with 84 intermarried couples. Among the 84 Vietnamese immigrants, 48.8% and 41.7% had food insecurity due to economic problems and a lack of foods appealing to their appetite, respectively. There was a marked discrepancy in reporting food insecurity between Vietnamese wives (22.6-38.1%) and their Korean husbands (6.0-15.5%). Vietnamese wives were five and two times more food-insecure due to economic problems and no foods appealing to their appetite, respectively, than their Korean spouses. A follow-up study is needed to investigate the causes of this discrepancy and ways of reducing food insecurity among female marriage immigrants living in low-income, rural communities. |
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Ha Ney Choi; Hye Won Chung; Ji-Yun Hwang; Namsoo Chang |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2011-10-28 |
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Title: Nutrition research and practice Volume: 5 ISSN: 2005-6168 ISO Abbreviation: Nutr Res Pract Publication Date: 2011 Oct |
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Created Date: 2011-11-29 Completed Date: 2012-10-02 Revised Date: 2013-05-29 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101311052 Medline TA: Nutr Res Pract Country: Korea (South) |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 471-80 Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Nutritional Science and Food Management, Ewha Womans University, 11-1 Daehyun-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-750, Korea. |
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