본 연구의 목적은 노인의 삶의 만족도에 미치는 우울, 가족관계, 자아 존중감 간의 구조적 영향관계를 살펴보는 것이다. 한국보건사회연구원 및 서울대학교 사회복지연구소에서 추진한 「한국복지패널조사」의 2022년 17 차 조사에서 65세 이상의 노인 6,717명을 연구대상자로 지정하였으며, SPSS 26.0, JASP 0.18.0 및 Stata 16을 사용하여 빈도 및 기술통계, 상 관관계분석, 구조방정식 모델 경로분석을 행하였다. 첫째, 노인의 우울은 자아존중감과 삶의 만족도에 통계적으로 유의한 부적인 영향을 주었다. 둘째, 가족관계는 자아존중감 및 삶의 만족도에 정적인 영향을 미쳤다. 셋째, 자아존중감은 노인의 삶의 만족도에 정적인 영향을 주는 것으로 확 인되었다. 넷째, 우울은 자아존중감을 부분매개로 하여 삶의 만족도에 부 적인 영향을 미쳤고, 가족관계는 자아존중감을 부분매개로 하여 삶의 만 족도에 정적인 영향을 주었다. 다섯째, 노인의 소득수준에 따른 저소득층 가구 집단와 일반가구 집단에서 동일하게 노인의 우울은 자아존중감 및 삶의 만족도에 부적인 영향을 미치며, 가족관계는 자아존중감 및 삶의 만 족도에 정적인 영향을 주었고, 또한 노인의 자아존중감은 삶의 만족도에 유의한 정적 영향을 미쳤으며, 자아존중감은 독립변인인 우울, 가족관계 와 종속변인 삶의 만족도 간에서 전부 간접효과를 나타내었다. 본 연구결 과는 노인의 삶의 만족도 개선을 위해 사회복지정책 수립, 행정 개선, 관 련 프로그램 운영을 위한 기초자료가 될 수 있을 것이다.

There is little information on the nutrient intake according to the city size and small town in Korean elderly. This study analyzed the nutritional consumption of older people in metropolitan, middle and small cities, and rural areas according to four income levels. The recent data from the 2016~2018 Korean National Health and Nutrition Survey, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were used. The final analysis included 4,325 individuals (Male: 1,856, Female: 2,469) over 65 years old. Multivariable regression with a complex sample design was conducted to compare the nutrient intake among the groups. In a comparison within regions, the nutrition status of the elderly in small towns was more vulnerable than metropolitan and middle & small cities. The energy intakes were similar between the groups. The carbohydrate intake of middle & small cities was significantly higher than the other regions. The intake of other nutrients in metropolitan and middle & small cities appeared to be higher than in rural areas. The number of nutrients with statistical significance between low and high-income levels were 19 in metropolitan, 11 in middle & small cities, and 5 in rural areas. Each contribution of carbohydrate, fat, and protein to the total energy intake was lower in the low-income level than the high-income level in metropolitan and middle & small cities. On the other hand, in rural areas, only the contribution of protein to energy intake was lower in the low-income level than the high-income level. Cities with higher levels of urbanization had more severe nutritional inequality in relation to the income level. There was also nutritional inequality present in rural areas but it was to a lesser extent. Moreover, the generally low level of nutrient intake was problematic in rural areas. These findings could be used as fundamental evidence for developing community nutritional policies for the elderly.

This study investigates the impact of the country’s governance on the revenue efficiency of 108 Islamic banks from 26 countries offering Islamic banking and finance products services. The technical efficiencies of individual Islamic banks have been analyzed using the Data Envelopment Analysis method. The data will be pooled across the selected countries and utilize the intermediation approach. The Ordinary Least Square estimation method is employed to examine the impact of country supervision and regulation on the technical efficiency of Islamic banks. As robustness check, the study examines the impact of the level of bank regulations and supervision on the efficiency of Islamic banks operating in different income-level countries. The results found that the stricter the supervisory power, the less strict capital requirement, the tighter the restrictions on non-banking activities, and the stricter the private monitoring enhance statistically significantly the level of efficiency of Islamic banks. In upgrading the regulations and supervision of the Islamic banks, the existing regulatory framework based on the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) must be complemented with the prescriptions on Islamic banking or Shariah compliance diligently, so that the Islamic banks could be regulated accurately and further improve the technical efficiency of their operations.