Factors Related to Depression and Mental Health That Affect the Quality of Life of the Elderly

Table 5

Depression according to general characteristics.

Variable	Classification	Mean (SD)	t	p
Gender	Male	4.45 (3.82)	1.47	0.226
	Female	3.50 (3.20)
Age (year)	65–69	3.05 (2.67)	0.883	0.452
	70–79	3.67 (3.53)
	≥80	4.69 (3.27)
Religion	Buddhism	3.55 (3.05)	0.940	0.749
	Christianity	4.35 (3.45)
	Catholic	4.58 (3.72)
	No religion	3.14(3.50)
Education	Junior high school graduate	3.73 (3.51)	0.178	0.615
	High school graduate	3.66 (2.98)
	University graduate or higher	3.00 (2.32)
Marital status	Married	3.35 (2.89)	2.344	0.143
	Bereavement, separation, divorce	3.96 (3.75)
	Single	1.00 (1.00)
Living together	Couple	3.34 (2.93)	0.415	0.304
	Married children	3.95 (3.41)
	Unmarried children	3.85 (2.91)
	Alone	4.09 (4.10)
Number of children	0-1	3.70 (4.37)	1.149	0.239
	2	3.87 (3.23)
	3-4	3.61 (3.23)
	≥5	2.64 (1.39)
Dependent child	Has	3.49(3.15)	3.524	0.063
	None	5.45(4.56)
A person who usually cares and helps	Marriage partner	3.26(3.26)	0.950	0.755
	Children	4.08(3.48)
	Neighbors and others	2.96(1.87)
Meeting	Senior citizen’s center	3.16(2.77)	1.328	0.145
	Senior college	3.93(3.88)
	Senior volunteer group	1.33(0.57)
	None	4.18(3.64)
Number of meetings	Once a week	2.80(2.87)	1.825	0.024
	Once in two weeks	4.00(2.16)
	Once a month	4.00(3.72)
	Once in two months	4.32(3.63)
Occupation status	Has	3.53(3.13)	0.031	0.861
	None	3.69(3.37)
Economic level	Low	2.77(3.22)	6.016	0.003
	Medium	3.32(2.88)
	High	5.90(4.29)
Monthly allowance	≥100,000 won	4.38(3.36)	1.328	0.044
	≥200,000 won	4.00(3.04)
	≥300,000 won	4.02(4.05)
	≥400,000 won	3.83(3.34)
	≥500,000 won	2.50(2.02)
Subjective health status	Very healthy	9.20(3.27)	7.844	0.001
	Healthy	5.10(3.98)
	Average	3.10(2.55)
	Unhealthy	2.80(2.85)
	Very unhealthy	1.00(1.00)
Disease status	Has	3.83(3.55)	0.207	0.438
	None	3.33(2.82)