• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.1031-1044
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• 2010

Corresponding to the rapid growth of the aging population without an adequate social safety net for the elderly, older people face great disadvantages due to sudden illness or poor health and a lack of support from the younger generation. Furthermore, older women are suffering from a drastic deterioration of their economic status because of insufficient retirement savings. Examining the impact of labor force participation and living arrangement on health status and life satisfaction in later life, it is important to consider gender differences in context of social policies for the elderly. Using data based on a stratified national sample of the elderly by the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (KLoSA), multiple regression model were used to estimate the relationships between labor force participation and health status and subjective life satisfaction concerning the quality of their later life. The result indicates that good health status and high level of life satisfaction are associated with the type of paid work status for the elderly men, but those are associated with the type of non paid work, such as family businesses employees for the elderly women. Significant differences in chronic health condition and subjective life satisfaction by employment characteristics are found among the elderly. In addition, older women's high level of life satisfaction was associated with the participation of the social activity. The major conclusion from these results should help us understand gender differences in the elderly and acknowledge further exploration of gender variations in these people's later life.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.257-262
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• 2020

본 연구는 대구광역시 및 경상북도에 소재하고 있는 35세부터 64세까지의 성인들을 대상으로 중장년층이 인식하는 노인 이미지와 노후생활 준비도를 분석하였다. 이에 따른 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 중장년층이 인식하는 노인 이미지 중 심리적 이미지가 가장 긍정적이었고 다음으로 신체적 이미지, 사회적 이미지 순으로 나타났다. 학력이 높을수록, 정규직이거나 부모 모두 생존할 경우, 노인 이미지가 긍정적이었다. 그리고 기혼일 경우 노인의 심리적 이미지가 좋았으며 노인의 기준 나이를 높게 책정할수록 노인의 심리적, 사회적 이미지가 좋은 결과를 보였다. 둘째, 중장년층의 노후생활 준비도는 정서적 준비, 신체적 준비 순으로 높았다. 반면 준비가 부족한 것은 경제적 준비, 여가·사회적 준비로 나타났다. 여성일수록 학력이 높을수록, 월평균 가계수입이 높을수록, 전문직일수록, 정규직일수록, 노인의 나이 기준을 높이 책정할수록 노후생활 준비도가 높았다. 셋째, 중장년층의 노인 이미지와 노후생활 준비도는 하위요인 간에 서로 영향을 주며, 노인에 대한 이미지가 긍정적일수록 노후생활 준비를 잘하는 것으로 나타났다. 이상의 연구결과는 바람직한 노인 이미지의 개선 방향을 제시할 수 있으며, 개인과 사회적 지원의 방안을 모색하고 성공적인 노후생활 준비를 위한 교육프로그램을 개발하는데 시사한다.

• 종양간호연구
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.32-43
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• 2001

High risk breast cancer patients receive aggressive treatments such as APBSCT in order to prevent the recurrence. These treatments take a long time and decrease the quality of life of patients as a result. The purpose of this study is to examine when the changes of quality of life are dramatic in general and in specific dimension. This is a time series study of two types of treatment groups, in which 15 patients were treated by chemotherapy only and nine patients by auto-peripheral blood stem cell transplantation. Subjects were in this study were stage III and above of breast cancer. Data were collected from April 1999 to April 2000 with the 3 month-interval starting after 3rd cycle of chemotherapy. Data were collected 3 times ; treatment period, treatment finishing period and 3 months later after the treatment. Ferrell's QOL instrument was used which had been developed for the breast cancer patients in 1989. Repeated Measure ANOVA was used to examine differences of quality of life at 3 points of time respectively. As a result, average age was 43.29 years (4.38yrs) and the number of married person was 22(91.7%). Scores of quality of life were 5.45 at 1st period after 3rd cycle of chemotherapy, 5.17 after treatment, 5.10 at 3 months later after treatment and difference of quality of life was decreased according to period of treatment (P=.085). Only the psychological dimension of the quality of life showed the significant difference (P=.045). Two different treatment groups showed a difference of quality of life at 3 month later after treatment. In conclusions, high risk breast cancer patients showed the decreased quality of life related to treatment up to 3 months later of treatment. Subjects who received APBSCT returned to the normal quality of life more rapidly than those who received chemotherapy. Psychological nursing intervention was needed during the whole period of treatment.

• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.1-17
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• 2016

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of family characteristics of the baby boomer generation on the level of their later life preparation. This study randomly sampled a birth cohort between 1955 and 1963 consisting of participants living in Seoul, South Korea with a spouse and a child/children. This study investigated a total of 455 subjects from March 2 to March 20, 2016. The study findings are summarized as follows. This study analyzed the characteristics of baby boomers' family relationships and their effects on their later life preparation. It was found that 55.4% of the subjects had at least 2 children, and 44.6% had 1 child. Concerning their children's marital status, 33.8% had married children and 66.2% had unmarried children. The level of their children's support was found at 2.82 points (standard deviation [SD] = .64), which is slightly higher than the mean value of 2.5. The spouse satisfaction among the subjects was found to be 3.59 (.79) which is higher than the mean value of 3. The general status of later life preparation was 2.70 (SD = .44), which is lower than the mean value of 3. In the sub-dimension, the level of social preparation was 2.98 points (SD = .61); the level of economic preparation was 2.60 (SD = .64); and the level of physical preparation was 2.53 (SD = .45). All the values were lower than the mean value of 3. The overall status of later life preparation of the subjects in this study was low. The physical preparation level was particularly low. To analyze the factors that affect baby boomers' later life preparation, a hierarchical regression analysis was implemented. As a result, a significant effect was found in specific factors, such as spouse satisfaction (${\beta}$ = .32, p < .001), age (${\beta}$ = .26, p < .001), number of children (${\beta}$ = -.18, p <.001), health status (${\beta}$ = .18, p < .001), gender (${\beta}$ = -.11, p < .05), household income (${\beta}$ = .10, p < .05), and children's marital status (${\beta}$ = .10, p < .05). That is, the higher the spousal satisfaction, the older the age, and the lower the number of children, the higher the levels of later life preparation. Further, a higher level of later life preparation was observed in women, those with higher household incomes, and those with married children.

• 한국주거학회논문집
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.1-11
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• 1998

This study has been performed to analyze housing status in later life. In this study, 234 Koreans aged 60 or more were interviewed for their current housing status. The results are drawn as follows: 1. The household size does not highly fluctuate in later life; it ranges from three to five overall. But there is a trend difference over region; The household size continuously increases until 70's in urban area, but it shows increase & decrease changes over five-year intervals. 2. The number of bedrooms slightly ranges from 3- to 3.8 over urban and rural areas without noticeable trend for age intervals. 3. Use of indoor area has regional difference; It ranges from 28 to 40 pyoung in urban area, but it does more widely form 27.7 to 50 in rural area. 4. There is a most significant region effect on structure type for the elderly; For the urban elderly, proportion of those living in single detached dwelling consistently decreases as age increases. For the rural elderly on the other hand, the rate of those living in single detached dwelling sharply increases in their 70's and the rate reaches 85.7%. 5. For the ownership trend, more than 70% of the elderly are home owners at the age 60-64, but the rate continuously decreases in later life stage while the rate of those living in their children-owned home increases.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제16권9호
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• pp.460-472
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• 2016

본 연구는 베이비붐 세대의 인구 통계학적 특성에 따른 성공적 노화 인식과 노후 준비 정도를 살펴보고, 더 나아가 성공적 노화 인식이 노후 준비에 미치는 영향력을 파악하는데 그 목적을 두고 있다. 전국에서 814명의 베이비붐 세대를 대상으로 2015년 5월 1일부터 9월 15일까지 설문지 조사가 실시되었으며, SPSS WIN18.0을 이용하여 자료를 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 베이비붐 세대의 성공적 노화 인식은 학력, 주관적 경제수준, 주관적 건강상태, 배우자 유무에 따라 유의한 차이가 나타났다. 둘째, 베이비붐 세대의 노후 준비 정도는 학력, 직업, 주관적 경제수준, 주관적 건강상태에 따라서 유의한 차이가 나타났다. 셋째, 성공적 노화 인식이 높을수록 노후를 위한 준비에 보다 적극적인 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 베이비붐 세대들의 성공적 노화와 노후 준비에 관한 정책과 서비스는 인구 통계학적 특성을 고려한 개별화된 방안이 마련되어야 하며, 동시에 성공적 노화에 관한 이론적 교육 및 노후 준비에 관한 실천적 프로그램이 함께 병행되어질 필요가 있다.

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제60권3호
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• pp.471-481
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• 2022

This study aimed at examining the mediation effects of depressive symptoms on the association between social activity participation and marital satisfaction among couples in later life. The study included 1,196 married couples aged 65 or above who participated in the 7th Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging in 2018. The study variables were husbands' and wives' social activity participation, marital satisfaction, and depressive symptoms. Covariates were individual age, education level, subjective health, couples' household income, and number of children. The Actor-Partner Interdependence Mediation Model (APIMeM) and bootstrapping techniques were used to test the significance of the mediating impacts of depressive symptoms based on the dyadic data structure. The results showed that for both husbands and wives, active participation in social activities had significant effects on increasing marital satisfaction through lowering depressive symptoms. However, only the participation of husbands in social activities was positively associated with their own marital satisfaction by reducing their own and their partner's depressive symptoms. These findings suggest that the active social participation of individuals salient for promoting the quality of marital relationships in later life, particularly for preventing their own and their spouse's depressive symptoms.

• 노동경제논집
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.177-205
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• 2001

이 연구에서는 고연령층이 경험하는 은퇴과정의 다양성과 긴장 정도를 파악하고 있다. 은퇴 과정의 다양성을 규정 짓는 주요 요인으로서 중장년기의 종사상 지위에 초점을 둔다. 비정규직 종사자의 취업 불안정과 빈곤 위기는 취업시점에서뿐 아니라, 이후의 노동이동 과정과 고연령기 은퇴에 이르기까지 장기적으로 그 영향을 미칠 것으로 가정한다. 1998년과 1999년 한국노동 연구원에서 실시한 1~2차 한국노동패널 조사를 이용하여 중장년기에서 고연령기에 이르기까지의 노동이동 및 은퇴 과정을 유형화하고, 주요 유형별 소득수준을 비교하고 있다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제59권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2016

Infants born small for gestational age (SGA) are at increased risk of perinatal morbidity, persistent short stature, and metabolic alterations in later life. Recent studies have focused on the association between birth weight (BW) and later body composition. Some reports suggest that fetal nutrition, as reflected by BW, may have an inverse programing effect on abdominal adiposity later in life. This inverse association between BW and abdominal adiposity in adults may contribute to insulin resistance. Rapid weight gain during infancy in SGA children seemed to be associated with increased fat mass rather than lean mass. Early catch-up growth after SGA birth rather than SGA itself has been noted as a cardiovascular risk factor in later life. Children who are born SGA also have a predisposition to accumulation of fat mass, particularly intra-abdominal fat. It is not yet clear whether this predisposition is due to low BW itself, rapid postnatal catch-up growth, or a combination of both. In this report, we review the published literature on central fat accumulation and metabolic consequences of being SGA, as well as the currently popular research area of SGA, including growth aspects.

• 농촌계획
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.97-106
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• 2006

In this study was investigated the value of rural residence in later life from the personal, regional, and national perspective. For this purpose, a three-round Delphi technique was used to collect data through a series of surveys to obtain the consensus of a group of 38 experts in value of rural residence in later life in the future. In the first round was sent to them unstructured questionnaire and in the second and third round, the summarized results of the first and second round were delivered to rate the importance of each item for confirmation and validation of the results. Data were analyzed using content analysis and descriptive statistics. The major findings of this study are as follows: First, the personal, regional, and national value of rural residence in later life was selected 7 domains 23 items, 4 domains 22 items, and 3 domains 20 items respectively. Experts consented that the value from the personal perspective will be the highest among 3 perspectives. Second, as the value of rural residence from the personal perspective, it was showed nature-friendly life, physical health emotional serenity, lower expenditure, enjoyable filming, feeding the safe food, and etc,. As the value of it from the regional perspective was showed usage of retirees' speciality and experience to community development and the increase of recreational function in the rural. Also, from the national perspective, it was showed the sustainability of the rural, the establishment of welfare base, balanced development between regions. Based on these results, policy implications were discussed.