Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship (벤처창업연구)

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The Effects of Characteristic and Social Support on the Life Satisfaction of the Elderly

노인의 일반적 특성과 사회적 지지가 생활만족도에 미치는 영향

  • 강영숙 (서울성경신학대학원대학교 사회복지학과) ;
  • 정자영 (서울벤처대학원대학교 뷰티보건학과)
  • Received : 2020.01.05
  • Accepted : 2020.02.20
  • Published : 2020.02.29
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Abstract

The purpose of this research is to investigate the determinants of life satisfaction and social support among the elderly. For this purpose, a set of characteristic factors that are supposed to affect elderly life satisfaction were suggested and empirically analyzed. To achieve this study used final analysis with 470 questionnaires which did a questionnaire survey after gathering purposeful sampling method of 500 person who were visiting on Senior Club and Senior Welfare Center. The collected data were analyzed by using the SPSS statistical program. The methods of analysis were frequency, factor analysis, and regression analysis. The results of this study are as follows. Firstly, characteristic factors such as the family relation, health and economic of the elderly have significant impacts on their life satisfaction. Secondly, it was seen that social support regulated the effects of family relation and economic on characteristic factors. The implications of this study are, above all, to build a human network for training, education and social support for career development while participating in the labor market. Such activities could lead to social support for economic independence in old age.

본 연구의 목적은 노인들의 삶의 만족도의 결정요인을 발견하고 사회적 지지의 영향력을 조사하는 것이다. 이를 위해 선행연구를 통해서 노인의 삶의 만족도에 영향을 미칠 것으로 예상되는 일련의 특징적인 요소를 제안하고 경험적으로 분석했다. 본 연구를 수행하기 위해 Senior Club과 Senior Welfare Center를 대상으로 500 명의 65세 노인을 대상으로 설문 조사를 실시하였으며, 최종 470개의 설문지를 최종 분석 자료로 사용했다. 수집된 데이터는 SPSS 통계 프로그램을 사용하여 분석하였으며, 분석방법은 빈도, 요인분석 및 회귀분석을 수행하였다. 본 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 노인의 가족 관계, 건강 및 경제적 요소와 같은 개인의 특성은 삶의 만족도에 유의미한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 사회적 지지는 노인의 가족관계와 경제적 요인의 영향을 상호작용 효과를 통해서 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구결과의 시사점은 노인의 삶의 만족도를 향상시키기 위해서 무엇보다 잠재적인 노인인 중장년층은 노동시장에 참여하고 있는 동안 경력개발을 위한 훈련과 교육, 사회적 지원을 위한 인적 네트워크를 구축하는 것이 필요하다. 이와 같은 활동은 노년에 경제적 자립을 위한 사회적 지원으로 연결될 수 있을 것이며, 궁극적으로 노인의 삶의 만족도에 기여할 것이다.

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