Objectives: It is said that South Korea has just entered an aging-society and has often been predicted to enter a high aging-society by 2026. An aging phenomenon causes various socio-economic problems. To deal with the various problems, the government launched the senior employment promotion program...
Objectives: It is said that South Korea has just entered an aging-society and has often been predicted to enter a high aging-society by 2026. An aging phenomenon causes various socio-economic problems. To deal with the various problems, the government launched the senior employment promotion program to enhance the elderly's health status and to increase elderly's income in 2004. This study analyzed some factors affecting the elderly's participation in the senior employment promotion program and how they have changed with the passage of time. In addition, this study went further to analyze the effectiveness of the program for the health as well as the economic conditions of the elderly people.
Methods: This study used the surveys on the elderly health conditions conducted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare in 2008 and in 2011. The factors affecting the elderly's participation in the senior employment promotion program were divided into four categories; socio-demographic, health status, economic status and social status. A logistic regression analysis was used to investigate how each factor was related to the elderly’s participation in the employment program. By comparing the results of 2008 with those of 2011, this study further examined the change of influence made by each factor on the elderly’s participation in the program.
To analyze the effectiveness of the program, the elderly persons who did not participate in the program in 2008 were chosen. They are divided into two groups; a participated group and a non-participated group. Their economic and health status was analyzed by the repeated measure ANOVA.
Results: The factors affecting elderly's participation in the senior employment promotion program in 2008 and 2011 are as follows. In the case of socio-demographic factor, the existence of a spouse and literacy level affected the elderly's participation in the employment promotion program. However, the health status factor did not affect the elderly’s participation in the program. The elderly who had jobs, who participated in voluntary services and who used senior centers found more chances to participate in the employment promotion program.
In 2008, the elderly who had a low satisfaction level in economic status tended to participate more frequently in the program. In 2011, however, the elderly who had low subjective economic status participated more actively in the program.
The results of analyzing the effectiveness of the senior employment promotion program are as follows. Compared to the non-participated group, the participated group showed a more positive change on subjective health status, GDS(Geriatric Depression Scale), subjective economic status and average monthly income. In the case of subjective health status, the participated group scored 2.57, while the non-participated group scored 2.81 in 2008 but changed its scores to 2.91 and 3.01 in 2011 (P=0.001). The non-participated group's GDS went higher than that of the participated group in 2008 and in 2011 (P<0.001). Though both the participated and the non-participated group's subjective economic scores decreased in 2008 and in 2011, the non-participated group's score decreased lower than that of the participated group. Lastly, the two groups' average monthly income increased. The income of the participated group went up with 64.1 thousand won in comparison with that of the non-participated group in 2011, but the income of the non-participated went up with 47.7 thousand won in 2011.
Conclusion: Though the senior employment promotion program showed statistically significant effects on elderly’s health and economic status, the elderly’s participation rate is still very low. This study analyzed the factors affecting the elderly’s participation in the program and its effectiveness. On the strength of the research results, this study can possibly suggest a political proposal for the promotion of the elderly’s participation in the program.
The target population for the program should be expanded so that more elderly people can satisfy their needs for the program. At the same time, the program should be qualitatively enhanced to allure more elderly people who have had no chance to participate in the program.
In addition, the senior employment promotion program should be accompanied by the study on the effectiveness of health. For the senior employment program, more jobs for social services should be created. Taking part in these jobs, the elderly people can recover from their sense of loss for their roles in society and possibly uphold a sense of self-respect and social identity in pursuit of individual happiness.
Objectives: It is said that South Korea has just entered an aging-society and has often been predicted to enter a high aging-society by 2026. An aging phenomenon causes various socio-economic problems. To deal with the various problems, the government launched the senior employment promotion program to enhance the elderly's health status and to increase elderly's income in 2004. This study analyzed some factors affecting the elderly's participation in the senior employment promotion program and how they have changed with the passage of time. In addition, this study went further to analyze the effectiveness of the program for the health as well as the economic conditions of the elderly people.
Methods: This study used the surveys on the elderly health conditions conducted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare in 2008 and in 2011. The factors affecting the elderly's participation in the senior employment promotion program were divided into four categories; socio-demographic, health status, economic status and social status. A logistic regression analysis was used to investigate how each factor was related to the elderly’s participation in the employment program. By comparing the results of 2008 with those of 2011, this study further examined the change of influence made by each factor on the elderly’s participation in the program.
To analyze the effectiveness of the program, the elderly persons who did not participate in the program in 2008 were chosen. They are divided into two groups; a participated group and a non-participated group. Their economic and health status was analyzed by the repeated measure ANOVA.
Results: The factors affecting elderly's participation in the senior employment promotion program in 2008 and 2011 are as follows. In the case of socio-demographic factor, the existence of a spouse and literacy level affected the elderly's participation in the employment promotion program. However, the health status factor did not affect the elderly’s participation in the program. The elderly who had jobs, who participated in voluntary services and who used senior centers found more chances to participate in the employment promotion program.
In 2008, the elderly who had a low satisfaction level in economic status tended to participate more frequently in the program. In 2011, however, the elderly who had low subjective economic status participated more actively in the program.
The results of analyzing the effectiveness of the senior employment promotion program are as follows. Compared to the non-participated group, the participated group showed a more positive change on subjective health status, GDS(Geriatric Depression Scale), subjective economic status and average monthly income. In the case of subjective health status, the participated group scored 2.57, while the non-participated group scored 2.81 in 2008 but changed its scores to 2.91 and 3.01 in 2011 (P=0.001). The non-participated group's GDS went higher than that of the participated group in 2008 and in 2011 (P<0.001). Though both the participated and the non-participated group's subjective economic scores decreased in 2008 and in 2011, the non-participated group's score decreased lower than that of the participated group. Lastly, the two groups' average monthly income increased. The income of the participated group went up with 64.1 thousand won in comparison with that of the non-participated group in 2011, but the income of the non-participated went up with 47.7 thousand won in 2011.
Conclusion: Though the senior employment promotion program showed statistically significant effects on elderly’s health and economic status, the elderly’s participation rate is still very low. This study analyzed the factors affecting the elderly’s participation in the program and its effectiveness. On the strength of the research results, this study can possibly suggest a political proposal for the promotion of the elderly’s participation in the program.
The target population for the program should be expanded so that more elderly people can satisfy their needs for the program. At the same time, the program should be qualitatively enhanced to allure more elderly people who have had no chance to participate in the program.
In addition, the senior employment promotion program should be accompanied by the study on the effectiveness of health. For the senior employment program, more jobs for social services should be created. Taking part in these jobs, the elderly people can recover from their sense of loss for their roles in society and possibly uphold a sense of self-respect and social identity in pursuit of individual happiness.
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