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Lifestyles of Korean Older Adults - Focusing on the consumption pattern and its determinants -

Lifestyles of Korean Older Adults - Focusing on the consumption pattern and its determinants -

사회복지연구
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2009 vol.40, no.3, pp.327 - 348
DOI : 10.16999/kasws.2009.40.3.327
발행기관 : 한국사회복지연구회
연구분야 : 사회복지학
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The purpose of this study is to understand the diverse lifestyles of Korean older adults by analyzing the consumption pattern of older households and its determinants. The 9th wave of the Korea Labor and Income Panel Study(KLIPS) data was used for analysis. The twenty consumption items provided by the dataset was reduced to thirteen according to the consumption purpose inherent in the item. K-means cluster analysis and multinomial logistic regression was employed to categorize the consumption pattern of older households and to analyze the determinants. The results are as follows. The consumption pattern of Korean older adults was clustered into six distinctive groups named Breadwinner, Leisure-time pursuer, Friendly outgoes, Daily-life survivor, Illness sufferer and Shelter seeker. Breadwinner, Leisure-time pursuer and Friendly outgoes were lifestyles that earn and spend more compared to the other three. Nevertheless, they differed according to the family size, indicating that the parenting burden might have direct influence on the lifestyle of Korean older adults. Older adults without parenting burden and with high level of education and economic capacity were likely to show Friendly outgoes lifestyle. On the other hand, Daily-life survivor, Illness sufferer and Shelter seeker showed lower level of spending, indicating that for those lacking in economic capacity, urgent needs such as medical need or housing need dominates the lifestyle. The results call for adequate custom policies that best fit the needs of older adults.

이 연구는 소비패턴을 중심으로 우리나라 노인가구의 대표적인 생활양식 유형과 그 결정요인을 분석함으로써, 노인집단의 다양성에 대한 이해를 제공하고자 한다. 분석에는 한국노동패널 9차년도 데이터가 활용되었으며, 표본 가운데 가구주 연령이 65세 이상인 가구만 추출하였다. 또한 노동패널 데이터에 제시되고 있는 20가지 소비비목을 소비의 목적성에 따라 13가지 소비비목(필수품, 사회적관계지출, 여가, 교육, 부모님용돈, 자녀용돈, 그 외 가구원 용돈, 주거비, 의료비, 내구재, 통신비, 사회보장비, 기타)으로 재분류하였다. 분석은 두 단계에 걸쳐 진행되었는데, 먼저 13개의 소비비목에 대해 군집분석을 실시하여 소비패턴을 유형화시킴으로써 우리나라 노인가구의 지배적인 생활양식을 도출해 보았으며, 다음으로 각 소비패턴 유형을 결정하는 요인을 살펴보기 위해 다항로지스틱 회귀분석을 실시하였다. 분석의 결과는 다음과 같다. 먼저, 노인가구의 소비패턴 유형은 부양자형, 여가추구형, 사회적관계형, 생필품중심형, 의료지출형, 주거지출형의 여섯 가지로 구분되었다. 부양자형, 여가추구형, 사회적관계형의 경우 나머지 세 유형에 비해 상대적으로 높은 소비지출을 하고 있는 생활양식 유형이었으나, 부양자형․여가추구형은 사회적관계형에 비해 가족규모가 커서 자녀세대와 함께 거주함으로써 발생하게 되는 생활양식 유형인 것으로 분석된다. 부양자형 생활양식은 우리사회에서 자녀의 존재와 그 부담이 노후에까지 영향을 미치고 있다는 점을 보여준다. 반면 사회적관계형의 경우 다른 생활양식 유형에 비해 교육수준이 높은 집단으로 분석돼, 교육수준 변인에 따른 사회적관계망의 유의미성을 간접적으로 확인할 수 있었다. 한편, 생필품중심형, 의료지출형, 주거지출형의 경우 상대적으로 낮은 소비지출을 하고 있는 생활양식 유형이어서 상대적으로 경제적 역량이 낮은 집단임을 유추할 수 있었다. 이들의 경우 가구가 가지고 있는 욕구 유형에 따라, 즉 의료 욕구나 주거에 대한 욕구가 생활양식을 크게 규정하고 있어서, 노인복지에 있어서 의료와 주거와 같은 집합재의 중요성을 다시금 확인할 수 있었다.

Older adults, lifestyles, consumption pattern
노인, 생활양식, 소비패턴

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