The Health Concept among Taiwanese: Dimensions and Levels

• Main Authors: Pi-Ying Yen, 顏碧瑩
• Other Authors: 謝雨生
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/f4hk6t

碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 生物產業傳播暨發展學研究所 === 104 === This study has four purposes: (1) to explore the health concept of Taiwanese, including the dimensions of health and the levels of health; (2) to examine the health concept of different demographic characteristics; (3) to investigate the association between the health status and the health concept (the dimensions of health and the levels of health) of Taiwanese; (4) to examine whether the effect of health status on health concept differs by demo- graphic characteristics. Using data from the Survey of Taiwan Social Change in 2011 by the Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. Mutinominal logit regression is applied to examine the health concept of Taiwanese. The findings of this study are as follows: (1) the dimensions of health are divided into six types: physical single-dimension, mental single-dimension, social single-dimension, physical-mental dual-dimensions, physical-social dual- dimensions, mental-social dual-dimensions; (2) the levels of health are separated into six types: physical single-level, non-physical single-level, physical traditional cross-level, non-physical traditional cross-level, physical anti- traditional cross-level, non-physical anti-traditional cross-level; (3) Taiwanese health concept differs by demographic characteristics; (4) there is the association between health status and health concept; Finally, (5) the effect of health status on health concept differs by gender and age.