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KMID : 1023720140660010405
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Journal of Welfare for the Aged
2014 Volume.66 No. 1 p.405 ~ p.426
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Comparative study on factors affecting work status of the elderly men before and after economic crisis
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Son Yeong-Hee
Choi Gyun
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to support satisfactory work policy and efficient manpowerutilization of the elderly men by examining which factors affect work conditions. In approachingthe issue, we examined what has been changed before and after the economic crisis in 2008. 1,208(year 2006) and 1,068(year 2010) men aged 65 to 74 who met the criteria were analyzedbased on the surveys of the Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing. The results have shown thatboth in 2006 and 2010, some of independent variables; education background(-) and healthconditions(+), last annual income(+), number of children(+), status of rearing grandchildren(-)statistically affect on work status. While age(-), residence type, status of fostering parents(+)affected significantly before the economic crisis in 2006, only age(+) affected meaningfully in2010. What this indicates is that work participation of the elderly was swelled due to economicburdens after the economic crisis.
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KEYWORD
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elderly, work status, person-environmental theory
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