On Life Satisfaction of Ethnic Minority Older Adults- The Differences between Korean American and Korean Older Adults

According to the International Population Reports (U.S. Census Bureau2001) our global population including the United States and other nationsis growing old and aging at an extraordinary rate. Some socio-demographicand psychosocial variables are predictable as contributing factors in the levelof life satisfaction among the Korean American and Korean older adults. Thisstudy analyzed the data of 776 participants aged 60 and older (390 KoreanAmericans in Los Angeles California and New York City New York USA; and386 Koreans in Seoul South Korea) collected by a group administration ofthe survey and/or an individual interview method. The differences betweenthe two groups are influenced by social economic and cultural environments.Above all this study will be intellectually challenging to students andscholars majoring social work and other social sciences alike and that it willencourage you the reader to question some of your most deeply held assumptionsabout why older people perceive the way that they think and tobetter understand the pattern of various factors on their life satisfaction.