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The purpose of this study is to widen the subject of research to the whole social activity, which is
divided into the following four categories in the previous study on “Reality of social activity of
senior citizen”: 1. work 2. social participation and volunteer activity 3. learning activity 4.
individual activity, and to clarify which category is most related to the masticatory ability. There
were 57korean subjects in the survey: aged 65 through 85 (73.8 5.5), 81 women: aged 65 through
85 (74.3 5.3), a total of 138: aged 65 through 85 (74.1 5.4), in College for senior citizen of A city, Buddhist College for senior citizen of A city and senior citizen’s welfare facility of A city who
gave consent to the research The Japanese subject were 38 men: aged 65 through 85(75.3 5.4), 54 women: aged 65 through 85(75.5 5.2), a total of 92: aged 65 through 85(75.4 5.2) in women’s
division of F city Federation of Senior Citizens’ Club, Otsuka division of B ward Federation of
Senior Citizens’ Club and S ward Federation of Senior Citizens’ Club who gave consent to the
research. The major findings were as follows: A social activity, individual activity were active in a
social activity domain on a day so that people of Japanese advanced age had you, and writing
ability was high, and, as for freezing, learning activity was active for people of Korean advanced
age in a social activity domain so that writing ability was high.