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Background/Objectives: The purpose of this study is to provide a specific welfare service suitable for each generation by conducting a comparative analysis of the factors affecting the lives of the disabled.

Method/Statistical Analysis: This study analyzed the data of 2017 which is the 12th data of the Korea Welfare Panel conducted by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs. As related variables, gender, education level, household income, and work ability were selected as demographic factors, and the relationship with life satisfaction was identified through social support, depression, health status satisfaction, and family life satisfaction.

Findings: As a result of comparison of social support, depression, health status satisfaction, and overall life satisfaction by generation, the middle-aged turned out to perceive higher only in health satisfaction variable. And as a result of the factors that influence the overall life satisfaction of the middle-aged and the elderly, first, for the middle-aged, household income and working ability affect overall life satisfaction in the first model, which only used demographic variables. Social support, depression, health satisfaction, and family life satisfaction in the second model, which added four variables, all four variables were found to influence overall life satisfaction. For the elderly, the first model, which only included socio-demographic variables, showed that household income and working ability were overall life. In addition to the elderly, gender also affects overall life satisfaction. Social support, depression, health satisfaction, and family life satisfaction in the second model, which added four variables, all four variables, were found to affect overall life satisfaction, and gender and household income were still influential factors.

Improvements/Applications: Social support perception, depression, health satisfaction, and family life satisfaction turned out to have a great influence. An approach providing multi-dimensional resources encompassing individual, family, emotional and social factors is required.

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Background/Objectives: The purpose of research is to construct a living environment and provide appropriate welfare resources to reduce the depression by identifying the factors affecting the depression of the disabled people.

Method/Statistical Analysis: This research analyzed the data of 2017 which is the 12th data of the Korea Welfare Panel conducted by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs. In order to identify the factors affecting the depression of the disabled, this research analyzed the difference of depression according to demographic factors. In addition, the factors affecting depression were surveyed through the regression analysis of the SPSS statistics program.

Findings: The high scores of people with disabilities on depression indicate that access to mental health is essential in the areas of disability support, which suggests that life cycle management should be carried out through all subjects regardless of their socio-demographic variables. The result of a hierarchical regression analysis through demographic variables, satisfaction, and social support variable is as follows. First, in the area of demographic variables, male more than female, the lower is household income and the higher is one’s work ability, depression turned out to be high. Next, the result of analysis showed significant results in all variables excluding all ages and education level. When all variables are included, male more than female, the lower is one’s household income, the more one has work ability, depression was high, and the lower is one’s health satisfaction, residential satisfaction, family life satisfaction, and social support, depression turned out to be low, suggesting that individual, family, and social resource environment are important explanatory factors in the perception of depression for the disabled.

Improvements/Applications: It is clear that, as a method to reduce depression of the disabled, a comprehensive and environmental approach is necessary which encompasses familial, psychological, and social dimensions.

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Background/Objectives: The purpose is to find out utilization and necessity of public support related to the physical and mental health experienced by the middle-aged and elderly people.

Method/Statistical Analysis: In distribution of 28 cities and 3 Guns of Gyeonggi-Do, 8,653 subjects are middle-aged people between 50 to 64 years old, and 6,547 subjects are the group under 49 years old and 11,953 subjects are the group over 65 years old. This study examined the differences in physical and mental health characteristics of the middle-aged and comparative groups through X 2 validation and one-way ANOVA analysis by SPSS 21.0 program.

Findings: The middle-aged showed relatively low level of difficulty than the group over 65 years old in all areas of physical health problems, physical health care difficulty, mental health problems, and mental health care difficulty. However, it showed a significantly higher level of difficulty than the group under 49 years old. The 6,731 people (77.8%) had no intention of using the social services provided to alleviate physical health problems, and 266 people (3.1%) are currently using related services. Among those who are willing to use the service, 1,135 people (13.1%) did not know the related service, the next highest rate, and 377 (4.4%) who knew the service but did not apply, 114 people (1.3%) applied for the application but could not use it. In the analysis of social service use to alleviate the difficulties of mental health, 7,165 (82.8%) of the middle-aged group had no intention of using it.

Improvements/Applications: The results showed that the physical and mental difficulties experienced by the elderly and the level of difficulty were lower than normal, but higher than those under the age of 49.

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