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KMID : 0379220150350030709
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2015 Volume.35 No. 3 p.709 ~ p.729
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The Effect of Paid Work and Paid Worker's Characteristics on Mental Health During Late Life: Actor Effects and Partner Effects
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Cho Kyu-Young
Jue Mihn-Sook
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to examine what characteristics of older adults are associated with their participation level in paid work and to analyze the effects of paid work on mental health based on the conceptual framework of Bass and Caro(1996), and Sherraden and his colleagues(2001). Using couple-level dyadic data, this model examined actor effects (the effects of an individual's productive activities on oneself) and partner effects (the effects of spouse's productive activities on oneself) on the relationship between paid work and mental health. Using dyadic data converted from KLoSA(Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging) of 1-3 year (2006~2010), the study included 1,955 couples whose husbands or wives were aged 55 and above. Path analysis was performed with Mplus 5.21 (Muthen & Muthen, 2010), using MLR estimation method which uses complete data including the missing values.
The results 1 show husbands' actor and partner effects. Husbands' participation level in paid work gets higher when husbands are younger, have lower education level, better subjective health, and more frequent meetings with friends, and their wives' subjective health are worse. In addition, husbands' increased level of participation in paid work lowers depression and enhances life satisfaction of their own and their spouses'. The results 2 show wives' actor and partner effects. Wives' participation level in paid work gets higher when wives are younger, have better subjective health, and more frequent meetings with friends, and their husbands have lower education level and worse subjective health. However, there was no significant evidence that wives' level of participation in paid work was related to depression and life satisfaction of their own and their spouses'.
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KEYWORD
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paid work , characteristics of older adults , mental health , actor effect , partner effect
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