Impact of older adults' mobility and social participation on life satisfaction in South Korea
- Title
- Impact of older adults' mobility and social participation on life satisfaction in South Korea
- Author
- 이삼식
- Keywords
- life satisfaction; mobility; social participation
- Issue Date
- 2020-02
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing
- Citation
- Asian Social Work and Policy Review, v. 14, no. 1, page. 4-10
- Abstract
- South Korea has been experiencing rapid population aging. In an aging society, the need for healthy lives is greater. Two of the fundamental factors to enable independent and active life for the elderly are mobility and social participation. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between older adults’ mobility, social participation, and quality of life in South Korea. We used data from the 2017 National Survey of Older Koreans conducted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs and applied hierarchical regression. The major finding was that older adults’ mobility had a positive impact on their life satisfaction. After controlling for older adults’ mobility, social participation was positively associated with life satisfaction regardless of the place of residence. The findings of this study not only make a valuable contribution to further research on mobility and social participation but also provide new insight into improving older adults’ quality of life.
- URI
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/aswp.12187https://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/161507
- ISSN
- 1753-1411; 1753-1403
- DOI
- 10.1111/aswp.12187
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- COLLEGE OF POLICY SCIENCE[S](정책과학대학) > POLICY STUDIES(정책학과) > Articles
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