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Intrahousehold discrepancy regarding food insecurity within intermarried couples of Vietnamese wives and Korean husbands in South Korea

Title
Intrahousehold discrepancy regarding food insecurity within intermarried couples of Vietnamese wives and Korean husbands in South Korea
Authors
Choi H.N.Chung H.W.Hwang J.-Y.Chang N.
Ewha Authors
장남수정혜원
SCOPUS Author ID
장남수scopusscopus; 정혜원scopusscopus
Issue Date
2011
Journal Title
Nutrition Research and Practice
ISSN
1976-1457JCR Link
Citation
Nutrition Research and Practice vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 471 - 480
Indexed
SCIE; SCOPUS; KCI WOS scopus
Document Type
Article
Abstract
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. © 2011 The Korean Nutrition Society and the Korean Society of Community Nutrition.
DOI
10.4162/nrp.2011.5.5.471
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