Family Relationships and Depression among Elderly Korean Immigrants

Table 1

Family relationships: description of the sample.

Variables (𝑁=160)	Number (𝑁)	Percent (%)
Living Arrangements
Living with adult children	45	28.2%
Living independently	114	71.3%
Other	1	0.6%
Housing
Senior Apartment	87	54.4%
House or Apartment belonging to oneself	40	25.0%
House or Apartment belonging to Children	21	19.4%
Other	2	1.3%
Satisfaction with current living arrangement
Yes	148	92.5%
No	12	7.5%
Living arrangement would be different if in Korea
Yes	70	43.8%
No	90	56.3%
Preferred living arrangement
With adult children	36	22.5%
Separate	124	77.5%
Reasons to live in separate household (𝑁=124, 77.5%)
To protect my privacy and freedom	40	25%
To be less burden on my adult children	20	12.5%
Both	36	22.5%
Others	28	18%
(i) To avoid conflicts with children
(ii) To maintain ethnic identity, values, and authority
(iii) To be self-supporting and independent
Reasons to live with adult children; (𝑁=36, 22.5%)
To be with grandchildren	9	5.6%
Adult children need my help	6	3.8%
Loneliness	5	3.1%
Filial responsibility	4	2.5%
Need support of adult children	4	2.5%
Other	8	5.0%