Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review (가족자원경영과 정책)
- Volume 16 Issue 4
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- Pages.213-233
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- 2012
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- 1738-0391(pISSN)
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- 2713-9662(eISSN)
A study of the factors in Economic Dependency in the Senior Center for the Elderly -on the Basis of Elderly in Songpa-gu, Seoul-
경로당 이용노인의 경제적 의존성에 영향을 미치는 요인 -서울시 송파구 노인을 중심으로-
- Lee, Ae-Lyeon (Dept. of Social welfare, Gachon..Univ.) ;
- Kim, Ji-Eun (Dept. of Nursing, Gachon..Univ.)
- Received : 2012.10.01
- Accepted : 2012.11.23
- Published : 2012.11.30
Abstract
This descriptive study about a community center for elderly users identifies factors influencing economic dependency. The objective of this study is to find factors that contribute to increased economic dependency and to provide basic data for preventing conflict between caregivers and elderly dependents. The subjects are 204 elderly persons who are community-center users in SongPa-Gu. Thirteen dongs (administrative areas) were chosen randomly in a cluster sample from among 26 dongs in Soungpagu containing a total of 158 community centers for the elderly. I obtained informed consents for my research from all subjects, and collected data by conducting interviews from June 28th, 2011 to August 7th, 2011. The data was analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Duncan test and multi regression analysis. The mean economic dependency score was 3.23, meaning that subjects with this score are dependent at a level that is "over intermediate". The level of formal education, homeownership, financial assistance from family and the number of families, financial assistance to the family and the number of families, economic life satisfaction, self efficacy and social support.
Keywords
- The community elderly center users;
- Economic dependency;
- Financial interchanges within families;
- Self efficacy;
- Social support
- 경노당 노인;
- 경제적 의존심;
- 가족내 경제적 교류;
- 자기효능감;
- 사회적 지지;