The purpose of this study is to render help to the old, in order that they can lead their better, satisfactory leisure activities, by investigating their participation in the leisure activity programs of the senior welfare center and their life satisf...
The purpose of this study is to render help to the old, in order that they can lead their better, satisfactory leisure activities, by investigating their participation in the leisure activity programs of the senior welfare center and their life satisfaction degree.
I established the following research subjects to achieve the above aim:
First, what kind of difference do the leisure activity programs of the senior welfare center have on the socio-demographic variables ?
Second, what difference exists between the life satisfaction degree of the old and the socio-demographic variables ?
Third, Is there any relationship between old people's leisure activity programs and the life satisfaction degree ?
I have investigated the various documents on the basis of the previous research about the leisure activity and the life satisfaction degree of the old, collected 220 sheets of questionnaire which contain each 110 sheets of questionnaire obtained in two senior welfare center of Daegu and Kangbook with a view to researching their actual state of participation in the leisure activities as well as their life satisfaction degree. I've utilized 200 sheets of questionnaire total as the final materials for data analysis, except 20 sheets of questionnaire which have shown unfaithful and inadequate responses. The data analysis was controled with SPSS statistics program, and the results are as follows:
First, as regards old people's participation degree in the leisure activity programs of the senior welfare center, there was a significant difference in relation to sex, education background, old people's living or no with their sons or daughters, and their offspring's attitude or response to their participation in the leisure activities. In other words, old-aged females are showing a high participation degree in the old people's school, language studying course, while old-aged males, in information course and hobby lectures. The old who finished below the elementary school participated a lot in the old people's school and language course, whereas the old who graduated over the junior high school, in information college and hobby lectures. Also, in case of a couple or a single, the old took more participation in the old people's school and hobby lectures. In addition to this, the better the attitude of their sons or daughters about the leisure activities is, the more the old are paricipating in the old people's school and hobby lectures.
Second, in general, their life satisfaction degree was higher when the old are female, not male, they are healthier, they have their religion.
Third, the results of multiple analysis in use of SPSS statistics programs showed that there was not a direct significancy between each leisure activity programs of the senior welfare center and the life satisfaction degree.
These results are assumed to be due to this: there is a great deal of difference in size between the participating group and the non-participating group in the leisure activities. Morover when the old of the participating group want to choose their programs, they are likely to think over whether the programs satifsy their desire or not. In the same manner the non-participating old people also select the programs meeting their desire. Here two groups have less difference of the life satisfaction degree.
Therefore, in order to highten the life satisfaction degree through the old people's positive participation in the leisure activity programs of the senior welfare center, these measures are necessary:
First, there is need to exploit and furnish various leisure programs and facilities so that the old can participate in the programs which suit each character according to their preference, by producing the programs which are classified by age, education level, physical condition of the old.
Second, there is a necessity for working out a measure that makes the old people's general characters change into the direction which gets to the high life satisfaction degree, because the old show the different life satisfaction degree on their own general characters.