전기 베이비부머의 노화 인식과 성공적 노화 준비에 관한 연구

A Study on the Awareness of Aging and Preparation for Successful Aging of Former Baby Boomers: Focused on Non-mate Males in Low-Income Groups

This study conducted qualitative research using Colaizzi's analytical method with aphenomenological approach to understand deeply and concretely non-mate males in low-incomegroups’ awareness of their aging and their preparation for successful aging . After the data fromin-depth interviews with eight non-mate males in low-income groups among former baby boomerswas analyzed, the results of this study were deducted with 16 constituted meanings and 6categorized themes as the essential structure of the experiences. The results of this study are asfollows. First, the participants recognized aging as “black hole like poverty”, “adaptation/avoidance aboutaging”, “realizing the importance of their family” and “becoming a new person in the workplace.”Second, the participants recognized unprepared old age as “Miserable old age without having money”, “Feeling desolate of the unemployment in old age” , and they prepared for their successful agingby health care and Settling their single life, working continually and having a religion like a crutchof life.