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The Effects of Awareness of Senior Employment Programs and Voluntary Activity Attitudes on Successful Aging

The purpose of this study was to investigate the selected predictors of the successful aging of the elderly. The subjects were 401 elderly individuals over the age of sixty-five residing in J area of Seoul. The research instruments used in this study included successful aging, awareness about senior employment programs, and voluntary activity attitudes. The data were analyzed by frequency, mean, t-test, ANOVA, hierarchical multiple regression and Cronbach’s Alpha, using the SPSS program. The major findings of this study are summarized as follows: 1) the elderly who were in good health had positive awareness about senior employment programs compared to the elderly not in good health. 2) The elderly who were in good health, had spouses, and did not cohabit with their children had a positive voluntary activity attitude. 3) The elderly who were relatively young had high education, had a spouse, had a high monthly average income, and had good health conditions were found to have higher awareness about successful aging than the elderly who did not. 4) Gender, education level, health status, participation in a senior employment program, awareness about senior employment programs, and volunteer activity attitudes were found to have a positive influence on successful aging. All of the variables mentioned above accounted for 26% of the research model.