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The purpose of this study was to examine the influencing factors on the depression of older people and to determine the mediating effect of the health behavior on the effects. The findings of the study are as follows; first, the depression severity of the older people who had income and spouse were lower than that of older people without them, although subjects of this study had mild depression. Second, The presence of income, satisfaction with consuming life, subjective perception of health, IADL, family support, friend support, and third party supoort were negatively correlated with the depression of them, Third, The health behavior and rehabilitation program had some mediating effects on the satisfaction with consumption, subjective perception of health, social support.