This study aims to examine the status of participation in the project for creating job opportunities for the elderly that has been executed since 2004 and the degree of satisfaction and change in life after participation, and to provide useful data for the further progression of the project in the future. The major results shown through this study are as follows. First, as to the status of participation, the motivation for participating in the Old People’s Employment Project was mostly shown as ‘ to earn suitable income for living expense’ in 77.2%, and the type of participation was shown as the public-welfare type (57.9%), the education welfare type (39.6%), and market-participation type (2.5%); and the working days per week were mostly 2 to 3 days in 93.9%, and the working hours per day were 4-5 hours (50.8%) or 2-3 hours (44.2%). Also, 13.2% of them said that their desired wage was less than 200,000 won and the remaining 86.8% said that they want their wage to be more than 200,000 won. 58.2% of the samples said that their desired working hours were 4-5 hours; but overall, most of them hoped to increase their working hours. As for the degree of satisfaction for participating in the employment project, the satisfaction for the institutional workers (3.93) and the work time (2.83) was shown higher than the average (2.5). The work environment was shown with about average satisfaction (2.56), and some dissatisfaction was shown for the work duration (2.29) and the wage (2.09). As for the changes in life after participation, a high degree of satisfaction was shown in all areas including the state of health (3.26), family, friend relationships (3.08), and the economic help (3.03), and the changes in life after participating in the project were shown as positive. The satisfaction and the changes in life according to the social demographic variables of the participants were shown as more positive in the work time, work duration, wage, work environment and institutional workers as the their age was higher. Based on the results obtained in this study, the following suggestions were made. First, in order to increase the actual income of the old people, the wage and work time for participating in the employment project needs to be adjusted. Second, in order to promote the participation of the aged people older than 74 years old, it is necessary to come up with various measures such as job development fitting the highly aged people. Third, the number of participants in the Old People’s Employment Project needs to be expanded and various jobs must be offered in order to satisfy the desires of the old people such as leisure in addition to increasing their income.

This study aims to examine the status of participation in the project for creating job opportunities for the elderly that has been executed since 2004 and the degree of satisfaction and change in life after participation, and to provide useful data for the further progression of the project in the future. The major results shown through this study are as follows. First, as to the status of participation, the motivation for participating in the Old People’s Employment Project was mostly shown as ‘ to earn suitable income for living expense’ in 77.2%, and the type of participation was shown as the public-welfare type (57.9%), the education welfare type (39.6%), and market-participation type (2.5%); and the working days per week were mostly 2 to 3 days in 93.9%, and the working hours per day were 4-5 hours (50.8%) or 2-3 hours (44.2%). Also, 13.2% of them said that their desired wage was less than 200,000 won and the remaining 86.8% said that they want their wage to be more than 200,000 won. 58.2% of the samples said that their desired working hours were 4-5 hours; but overall, most of them hoped to increase their working hours. As for the degree of satisfaction for participating in the employment project, the satisfaction for the institutional workers (3.93) and the work time (2.83) was shown higher than the average (2.5). The work environment was shown with about average satisfaction (2.56), and some dissatisfaction was shown for the work duration (2.29) and the wage (2.09). As for the changes in life after participation, a high degree of satisfaction was shown in all areas including the state of health (3.26), family, friend relationships (3.08), and the economic help (3.03), and the changes in life after participating in the project were shown as positive. The satisfaction and the changes in life according to the social demographic variables of the participants were shown as more positive in the work time, work duration, wage, work environment and institutional workers as the their age was higher. Based on the results obtained in this study, the following suggestions were made. First, in order to increase the actual income of the old people, the wage and work time for participating in the employment project needs to be adjusted. Second, in order to promote the participation of the aged people older than 74 years old, it is necessary to come up with various measures such as job development fitting the highly aged people. Third, the number of participants in the Old People’s Employment Project needs to be expanded and various jobs must be offered in order to satisfy the desires of the old people such as leisure in addition to increasing their income.

Old People’s Employment Project, manpower utilization of the elderly, participation satisfaction