Population of older persons has been increased rapidly and impacted to society in many respects. Therefore, development of social welfare indicators for older persons is necessary in order to 1) see the social efforts for solving social problems relat...
Population of older persons has been increased rapidly and impacted to society in many respects. Therefore, development of social welfare indicators for older persons is necessary in order to 1) see the social efforts for solving social problems related to older persons, 2) investigate demographic characteristics and social impacts, 3) provide international comparison and improvement of older persons lives. This study was intended to evaluate the objective and subjective levels of social welfare for older persons in Korea. The basic principles to develop social indicators for older persons are as follows: 1) the reflection of unique characters of older persons; 2) social response to the improvement of the level of living for older persons; 3) the reflection of personal resources; 4) utilization of subjective indicators.