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KMID : 1023720060320010149
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Journal of Welfare for the Aged
2006 Volume.32 No. 1 p.149 ~ p.177
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A Study on the Time of the Elderly in Korea -Analysing their use of time upon work, family and Leisure
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Kim Jin-Wook
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Abstract
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This paper examines the life-world of the elderly by analysing ’2004 Time Use Survey’ data. In so doing, the study aims to provide basic information and policy directions for the elderly. General features of the life-world of the elderly, which is
distinguished from other age groups, were extracted, and the heterogeneities within the elderly group were analysed at the same time. Main findings of the study can be summarized as follows. First, ’personal care’ and ’leisure’ time increases among elderly whereas ’work’ time decreases rapidly. But the quality of the increased ’leisure’ remains relatively poor. Secondly, there exists significant gender-discrepancies on the time-use regarding ’family’. Thirdly, different life-worlds have been observed according to the socio-demographic features such as age, agriculture, marital status, education and region. Based on these findings, the study draws some policy directions for the elderly and stresses the necessities of various empirical studies utilizing the Time Use Survey data in the field of elderly welfare.
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KEYWORD
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welfare policy for the elderly, quality of Life of the elderly, Time-use, Life-world, Time use survey
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