This thesis aims at analyzing the relation between the social support for the aged living alone in a rural area and the degree of satisfaction for living. In the majority of studies for the aged living alone up to the present was included the aged cou...
This thesis aims at analyzing the relation between the social support for the aged living alone in a rural area and the degree of satisfaction for living. In the majority of studies for the aged living alone up to the present was included the aged couples and the families who live with the aged. But there is much to be desired in the sphere of study on the social support and the degree of satisfaction for the aged living alone in one family. By the degree of satisfaction we are able to get hold of the overall life quality of the aged. Accordingly viewed at this angle that the study on the social support for the aged living alone in the rural district and the degree of satisfaction for living is the important task for the welfare of the aged in the rural district can be found the meaning and contribution of this study.
The object of this research is 138 old persons who used the welfare facilities for the aged among the senior citizens above 65 in Geo-Chang Gun and data aquisition is conducted by the personal interview. The instruments of this research are the questionnaire of the standard of satisfaction for the aged by Choi, Seong-Jae and the standard of social support for the aged living alone by Kim, Hyo-Shim(1994)
The results of this research showed that the female aged were less satisfactory than the male and they suffered from economic poverty and found difficulty in accessing the resources. The satisfaction for living of the aged above 80 was shown to be higher than the aged below 80. The religious aged were shown to have more satisfaction for living than the aged without a religion. However, all of the differences were not significant statistically.
But the educational background showed a significant difference, in that the aged who have a academic background showed the higher degree of satisfaction for living than the aged who have little regular schooling. The condition of their health also showed the meaningful difference, in that the healthy aged expressed more their satisfaction for living than the unhealthy aged. Whereas no significant correlation was found between the support of the family and social workers, but a significant correlation between the support of the friends and social workers.
The emotional support of family and relatives was shown to have the greatest effect on the life satisfaction of the aged who used the welfare facilities for the aged. The next was that of friends and neighbors. The last was that of religious organizations. Therefore, the aged who received the emotional support of family and relatives showed the highest degree of satisfaction for living, the next was the aged who received that of friends and neighbors, and the last was the aged who received that of the religious organizations.
The multiple regressions analysis for an estimate of a variable affected on the life satisfaction of the aged who used the welfare facilities showed that the support of social workers, family, relatives, friends, neighbors, and the religious organizations did not have any significant effect statistically.
Based on the result of this research two propositions are presented. First, it is important not only to expand the quantitative of social service, but also to consider the qualitative. Second, it is necessary to improve the life satisfaction as the subjective tranquility of the aged who used the welfare facilities.