Residential mobility according to health status in South Korea's largest metropolitan city during the COVID-19 pandemic using generalized estimating equations for longitudinal data

Ikhan Kim; Duwon Kim

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103265

Residential mobility according to health status in South Korea's largest metropolitan city during the COVID-19 pandemic using generalized estimating equations for longitudinal data

Health Place. 2024 May 11:88:103265. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103265. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Ikhan Kim¹, Duwon Kim²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Humanities and Social Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine, 262 Gamcheon-ro, Seo-gu, Busan, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: ikhan.kim@kosin.ac.kr.
² Department of Social Welfare, Kosin University College of Health and Welfare, 194, Wachi-ro, Yeongdo-gu, Busan, Republic of Korea.

PMID: 38735151
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103265

Abstract

This study examines whether residential mobility differed according to health status in Seoul, the largest metropolitan city in South Korea, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, people who moved had better health status in the baseline year than those who did not. However, during the pandemic, the residential mobility of people with poor health status increased, particularly in 2019-2020. This pattern appeared to be driven by the 55-74 age group. The effect of health status on residential mobility was not attenuated, even after adjusting for covariates at multiple levels.

Keywords: Aged; COVID-19; Pandemics; Population dynamics; Seoul.