Abstract
This study aims to relate subjective health and medical expenditure with depression and to secure basic data for a program to manage depression of participants in senior employment based on the surveyed relationship. This study is descriptive research to identify subjective health, medical expenditure, and depression and to examine factors of subjective health, and medical expenditure on depression of participants in senior employment. To this end, 472 people of 60 years or more participated in this study. The household data and household member data were combined based on the data for the 14th year of 2019 and the 15th year of 2020 of the Korea Welfare Panel Study. As a result of this study, participants in senior employment were depressed slightly higher than average. In general features, depression was statistically related to age, presence of partners, and residential type, Furthermore, subjective health was correlated with depression. Factors affecting depression were statistically related to subjective health status and the presence of spouses. From identifying factors affecting depression of participants in senior employment, it is necessary to develop a program to manage depression of participants in senior employment and to explore plans for welfare policy for seniors.
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