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The Effects of the Instrumental Activities of Daily Living and Depression on the Life Satisfaction of the Rural Elderly

농촌 고령자의 일상활동능력 및 우울감이 생활만족도에 미치는 영향

  • Cho, Heekeum (Department of Family Welfare, Daegu University) ;
  • Lee, Miyoung (Department of Family Welfare, Daegu University) ;
  • Kang, Hyekyun (Department of Family & Housing Studies, Youngnam University) ;
  • Eum, Gayoung (Department of Family Welfare, Daegu University)
  • 조희금 (대구대학교 가정복지학 전공) ;
  • 이미영 (대구대학교 가정복지학 전공) ;
  • 강혜경 (영남대학교 가족주거학 전공) ;
  • 엄가영 (대구대학교 가정복지학 전공)
  • Received : 2013.09.29
  • Accepted : 2014.07.15
  • Published : 2014.12.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) and depression on the life satisfaction of the rural elderly. The research subjects of this study were 1,000 people aged 65 years and over living in the rural areas of Korea. The data were collected using a questionnaire with direct interviews and analyzed using SPSS ver. 18.0 for Windows. The results of this study were as follows: First, the rural elderly's depression was affected by the IADL, cost of living, education level, and farming variables. The higher the IADL, the more sufficient the cost of living, the higher the education level and the more the farming time that the rural elderly had, the lower was the level of depression that they had. Second, the life satisfaction of the rural elderly was affected by the cost of living, depression, IADL, need for life services, and gender. The more sufficient the cost of living, the lower the level of depression, the higher the IADL, the less the need for life services, the higher was the life satisfaction that they experienced. Third, the results of the path analysis revealed that life satisfaction was influenced both directly and indirectly. The factors that affected life satisfaction directly were the cost of living, IADL, need for life services, and gender. The factors that affect life satisfaction indirectly were the IADL, cost of living, education level, and farming. Among them, farming and education level influenced life satisfaction indirectly through the parameter variables of depression.

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