The purpose of study was to identify the level of mid-life crisis for the Recipients of Livelihood Protection Benefit, to analyze the variables that cause the middle age crisis.
For attaining the purpose, reviewing literatures and empirical research...
The purpose of study was to identify the level of mid-life crisis for the Recipients of Livelihood Protection Benefit, to analyze the variables that cause the middle age crisis.
For attaining the purpose, reviewing literatures and empirical research were conducted.
For the empirical research, questionnaire survey was conducted. The questionnaire survey was composed of Mid-Life Crisis Scale and general characteristics of respondents.
The sample was selected from the Recipients of Livelihood Protection Benefit aged 40 to 59 who lived in the areas of Pusan. Among 200 respondents 118 respondents were finally selected as datum sources.
The collected data were analyzed by the statistical method such as the frequency distribution, percentile, T-test, ANOVA, correlation analysis and stepwise regression.
The main results were as follows ;
1. The Recipients of Livelihood Protection Benefit experience mid-life crisis some extent. The mid-life crisis score is 3.1680.
2. As for the related variables, variables such as sex, income and health state have turned out to be significant on the mid-life crisis for the Recipients of Livelihood Protection Benefit. It implies that mid-life crisis is higher women more than men, and when one has lower income and be out of health. However age, self-awaring age, status of the youngest child, education, occupation, religious and menopause are not as important an influence on mid-life crisis.
3. The variable which independently affected the mid-life crisis for the Recipients of Livelihood Protection Benefit have influencing power in income and status of the youngest.
Above 2 variables explain 22% of the mid-life crisis for Recipients of Livelihood Protection Benefit.