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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2017.15.11.581

A Study on the Factors Affecting on Worker's Quality of Life  

Park, Eun-Hee (Nursing Department, Kwangju Women University)
Kim, Hye-Suk (Nursing Department, Mokpo Catholic University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.15, no.11, 2017 , pp. 581-589 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to confirm the effect of the marital satisfaction, depression, and self-esteem on the quality of life. 131 workers in K area were used for the final analysis. The data collection was conducted from March 15nd, 2017 to April 10th, 2017. The quality of life was measured by means of Korean version of life scale abbreviated version, WHOQOL-BREF. Descriptive statics, t-test, two-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient and step wise multiple regression with SPSS/WIN 18.0 were used to analyze the data. As a result of study, it was confirmed that regular workers were higher than irregular workers in the quality of life, marital satisfaction, depression, and self-esteem all. The quality of life was explained by the martial satisfaction, depression, averagely monthly pay, and spouse relationship as 34.3%. It is necessary to essentially implement the government's support and the corporate cooperation for the improvement of working condition in order to enhance the life quality of workers. Also, workers need to give value to themselves leading their life and form a positive relationship with people around them not to let their family life be negatively affected due to the employment stress.
Keywords
Quality of life; Marital Satisfaction; Depression; Self-Esteem; Irregular Worker;
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