농촌노인의 일상생활수행능력과 우울감, 자아존중감 및 사회활동 참여가 생활만족도에 미치는 영향 -경기도 여주를 중심으로-

The Effect of Daily Living Activities, Depression, Self-respect, and Social Activity Participation of the Rural Elderly on Their Life Satisfaction －Case Study on the Yeoju County－

The aim of this research is to delineate how daily living activities, depression, self-respect, and social activity participation affects the life satisfaction of the rural elderly. The subjects of the research were elderly over-65-year-olds living in Yeoju, Gyeonggido and conducted from November 15 to November 30, 2009.The sampling method was convenience sampling among non-probability sampling, a total of 339 were used as analysis data. The collected data were then put through-frequency analysis, correlation analysis, simple regression analysis, analysis of variance, Kruskal-Wallis, and feasibility verification through SPSS SAS 9.1.3 program. As a result of hypothesis verification, daily living activities have a positive influence over life satisfaction. And the higher the elderly`s self-respect, the greater their life satisfaction, and it was verified that depending on social activity participation, there is a difference in their life satisfaction. The purpose of this study is to verify and carry out action plan and ital.