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KMID : 0379220140340010183
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2014 Volume.34 No. 1 p.183 ~ p.203
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The Influences of a Leisure Lifestyle, Retirement Preparation, and Leisure Activities with a Spouse on the Life Satisfaction of Baby Boomers
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Nam Soon-Hyeon
Kim Mee-Hye
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Abstract
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This paper explores the effects of a leisure lifestyle, retirement preparation, and leisure activities with a spouse on the lifestyle satisfaction of baby boomers. The study was conducted from Oct 3, 2011, to Nov 30, 2011, with a sample of 965 baby boomers living with their spouses in 15 large cities across the country. Proportional quota sampling that employed residential listings from 2010 population census of Korea was used. Structural equation modeling(SEM) using AMOS 20.0 showed the followings. A lifestyle that revolved around leisure significantly affected retirement planning and free time with a spouse. Except for education on retirement planning, the baby boomers` degree of life satisfaction was significantly affected by factors such as retirement planning and leisure activities in the presence of a partner. An examination of the mediating effect obtained through bias-corrected bootstrapping with SEM, showed while baby boomers` leisure-oriented lifestyle affected retirement planning, their awareness of retirement preparation and leisure activities with a spouse did not have indirect effects on the same. In addition, while baby boomers` leisure-oriented lifestyle affected education on retirement preparation, their awareness of retirement preparation did not change. However, baby boomers` retirement preparation(i.e., their awareness, education, and planning) and free time with a partner significantly functioned as mediators on other paths of the hypothetical model. The conclusion discussed the importance of a leisure life style, retirement preparation, and leisure activities with a spouse as their specific ways of being active aging after retirement for baby boomers is now expected to live to 100.
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KEYWORD
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baby boom generation, retirement preparation, lifestyle, leisure-oriented lifestyle, leisure activities with a spouse, conjugal leisure activities, life satisfaction
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