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A Study on the Relationship between Level of Digital Information Usage and Life Satisfaction: The Mediating Effect of the Social Capital

중고령자의 디지털정보화 활용 수준과 삶의 만족도의 관계: 사회적 자본의 매개효과 분석

  • Received : 2020.08.10
  • Accepted : 2020.10.15
  • Published : 2020.12.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate how level of digital information usage of the middle-aged or elderly people affects life satisfaction and whether social capital mediates the relationship between level of digital information usage and life satisfaction. In this study, we analyzed data of 1,661 people aged 55 or older from the 「2018 Survey on Digital divide」 by the National Information Society Agency. The SPSS 25.0 statistical package was used for the mutiple regression analysis and Baron and Kenny(1986)'s steps for mediation. The statistical significance of the mediated effects of social capital was verified by the Sobel Test. As a result of the analysis, the aged people have a higher life satisfaction when they are women and older, do not live alone, have higher levels of digital informatization usage and social capital. In addition, social capital also revealed to have a mediating role between level of digital information usage and life satisfaction. This shows that social capital needs to be considered along with the level of digital information usage as a way to improve life satisfaction of the middle-aged or the elderly people.

본 연구는 중고령자의 디지털정보화 활용 수준을 파악하고 디지털정보화 활용 수준이 삶의 만족도에 미치는 영향을 살펴보았다. 더불어 디지털정보화 활용 수준이 중고령자의 사회적 자본을 매개로 하여서도 삶의 만족도에 영향을 미치는지 살펴보았다. 본 연구에서는 한국정보화진흥원의 「2018년 디지털정보격차 실태조사」 자료를 활용하였으며, 연구대상자는 전국의 55세 이상 중고령자에 해당하는 1,662명이다. 분석자료는 SPSS 25.0 통계패키지를 사용하여 다중회귀분석과 Baron & Kenny(1986)의 3단계 매개회귀분석을 실시하였다. 사회적 자본의 매개효과의 통계적 유의성은 Sobel Test를 통해 검증하였다. 다중회귀분석 결과, 중고령자의 디지털정보화 활용 수준이 높고 사회적 자본 수준, 연령이 높으며, 여성, 비독거일수록 삶의 만족도가 높은 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 사회적 자본의 매개효과를 분석한 결과, 중고령자의 디지털정보화 활용 수준과 삶의 만족도의 관계에서 사회적 자본이 부분매개효과를 가지는 것으로 나타났다. 이를 통해 중고령자의 삶의 만족도를 향상시키기 위한 방안으로 디지털정보화 활용 수준과 더불어 사회적 자본을 고려할 필요가 있음을 알 수 있다.

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