베이비붐세대의 부양의식에 미치는 영향

A Study on the Awareness of Supporting the Elderly: With a Focus on the Image of the Elderly and Their Level of Intimacy

This study examines the awareness of supporting the elderly among the baby-boom generation, in relation to their image of the elderly, and whether the degree of intimacy plays a role in affecting their awareness. To collect the data, the author surveyed 243 people from the baby-boom generation who are living in either Gyeonggi, or Chungnam Province with a questionnaire that asked about sociodemographic factors, their awareness of supporting the elderly, their level of intimacy, and their image of the elderly. To analyze the data, SPSS v.23 and AMOS v.21 were implemented. The results of the study varied from each other based on the three different types of awareness of supporting the elderly: economic, emotional, and physical. First, when it comes to the economic awareness of supporting the elderly, this study demonstrated that the participant's level of education, marriage status, and monthly income show a positive relationship. Second, when it comes to the emotional awareness of supporting the elderly, both the participant's gender, and hometown location turned out to play a significant role. Third, the physical awareness of supporting the elderly indicated that the participant's marriage status, hometown location, and birth order were important. Meanwhile, the use of structure equation modeling analysis showed that higher intimacy has a positive relationship with an elevated awareness of supporting the elderly. The implications of the research, which deal with the analysis of the factors, which are assumed to affect the awareness of supporting the elderly among the baby-boom generation, can be critical in constituting a policy/law to support the elderly in our society.