동거형태와 한국노인의 삶의 질 만족도: 자녀와의 관계 만족도가 갖는 매개효과

초록

The goals of the study are to analyze the associations between living arrangement and life satisfaction of Korean older adults and examine the mediating effects of child satisfaction. Also, not only does this study compare living alone and others but also examine detailed categories of living arrangement (i.e., living alone, living with spouse only, living with child only, living with spouse and child, living with spouse and others, and living with others only). “006 Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing (KLoSA)”collected by Korean Labor Institute is analyzed in the study. In the findings, living arrangement is significantly associated with life satisfaction of Korean older adults. Compared to older adults who live with spouses only, those who live alone, with others except spouse and child, and with spouse and others without child are more likely to have lower life satisfaction. The significant effects of living arrangement, however, disappear after controlling for perceived parent-adult child relationship. Two stage least square regression proves the mediating effect of perceived parent-adult child relationship. This findings imply that positive relationships with child would be able to reduce the deleterious effects of living arrangement.

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