This study aimed to 1) identify the need of volunteering practice of the elderly
in Gyeong-gi province: 2) find out some specific factors related to the participatory
will of the elderly’s volunteerism: 3) suggest the strategy and tactics as
the alternatives activating the elderly’s volunteering performance in Gyeong-gi
province.
Using SPSS-WIN 15.0 version, frequency, cross-tab, ANOVA, and logistic
regression were used as statistical methods in this study. Logistic regression was
employed to analyze participatory will of the elderly’s volunteerism as a dependent
variable. Sampled population was 1,948 cases randomizing among the elderly
over full 60 age in Gyeong-gi province. The variable having a greatest influence on participatory will of the elderly’s
volunteerism was the past experience of the elderly’s volunteering practice. Also,
the variables having a significant influence on the participatory will of the elderly’
s volunteerism were the subjective health status, age, education, and etc.