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http://dx.doi.org/10.5392/JKCA.2014.14.11.743

Relationship between Perceived Income Inequality and Suicidal Ideation in the Elderly -Focusing on the Mediating Effect of Economic Stress-  

Choi, Jung-Min (목포대학교 복지사회연구소)
Kim, Shin-Yeol (전북대학교 사회복지학과)
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The Journal of the Korea Contents Association / v.14, no.11, 2014 , pp. 743-758 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine the mediating effect of economic stress in the relationship between Perceived Income Inequality and Suicidal Ideation among old adults. To achieve this objective, this study analyzed basic statistics, reliability, correlation, and regression (tolerance and variance inflation factor) with the help of SPSS ver. 18.0. using data of 532 elderlies over 65 years old who live in Jeollanam-do. The main study results were as follows. The result shows the significant medicating effect of economic stress in the relationship between Income Inequality and Suicidal Ideation. Based on these results, political and practical implications are proposed.
Keywords
Income Inequality; Economic Stress; Suicidal Ideation; Mediating Effect;
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