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KMID : 1155220130380020084
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Journal of the Korean Society of Health Information and Health Statistics
2013 Volume.38 No. 2 p.84 ~ p.94
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The Impact of Health Condition, Economic Status, and Vocational Ability on Willingness to Work: Targeting Unemployed People with Mental Disabilities
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Lee Hyun-Kyung
Choi Sung-Sun
An Ji-Young
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore influencing factors associated with willingness to work targeting unemployed people with mental disabilities in Korea.
Methods: Data for this study were obtained from the 2011 panel survey of employment for the disabled. Mentally disabled people only who had no job (n=78) were included in this study. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, χ2-test, and hierarchical multiple logistic regression. For the analyses, SPSS ver. 20 was used.
Results: The main findings were as follows. Men in their 40s and high school graduates were dominant in this study. Overall, their socio-economic status was very low. The majority responded that their interpersonal/ organizational skills were far below average. In the hierarchical logistic regression models, subjective health condition was the only variable which was statistically significant to willingness to work.
Conclusions: Based on these findings, it is important to provide government-led community-based health promotion and vocational rehabilitation programs for unemployed people with mental disabilities. In addition, considering the characteristics and nature of mental disabilities, psycho-socially supportive as well as physically friendly environments should be developed.
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KEYWORD
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Mental health, Mental disabilities, Psychiatric rehabilitation, Vocational rehabilitation, Willingness to work
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