Gender Gaps and Predictors of Life Satisfaction within South Korea’s Older Adult Population
- 주제(키워드) life satisfaction , older adult , South Korea , gender differences , life satisfaction differences
- 발행기관 고려대학교 국제대학원
- 지도교수 Robert Rudolf
- 발행년도 2022
- 학위수여년월 2022. 8
- 학위명 석사
- 학과 및 전공 국제대학원 국제학과
- 세부전공 국제개발협력 전공
- 세부분야 해당없음
- 원문페이지 46 p
- 실제URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/korea/000000268734
- UCI I804:11009-000000268734
- DOI 10.23186/korea.000000268734.11009.0001283
- 본문언어 영어
초록/요약
This study examines gender differences in older adult life satisfaction and its associated factors using wave 7 (2018) of the Korea Longitudinal Study of Ageing (KLoSA). Using multiple regression, this study finds that a gender gap exists in South Korean older adult life satisfaction. Older women are found to have lower levels of life satisfaction than men. Gender is a predictor of life satisfaction mainly through the channels of education, income, and marital status. Women are less endowed with education and income, and are more likely to suffer from widowhood. However, women are able to partly compensate for their endowment gaps with higher resilience when facing poverty, loneliness, and poor health.
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1. Introduction 1
2. Literature Review 3
2.1 Life Satisfaction 3
2.2 Gender Differences in Life Satisfaction 4
2.3 Gender Gaps in Health 6
2.4 Gender Gaps in Marital Status and Social Interaction 7
2.5 Gender Gaps in Income and Education 8
3. Data and Methodology 13
3.1 Data and Variables 13
3.2 Methodology 20
4. Results 21
5. Discussion 29
6. Conclusion 33
References 34
Appendix 39
