특집 : 노인의 소득보장 정책 확충 방안

There are two considerations in the policy that secure the income for the elderly. The first is that the elderly need to be treated as apart of the working population with the increase in life expectancy and proportion of the elderly. The major purpose of this study is to develop the policy of the elderly income security. And the first step of this study was to analyse favor activities for the elderly by health active life expectancy. The 1995 Population and Housing Census of Republic of Korea, which was conducted as of November 1, 1995, and the Annual Report on the Vital Statistics in 1995 were utilized. The second step of this study was to measure the level of health quantitatively by combinirg morbidity and morbidity level of Korean people. The 1996 Life morbidity survey, the hospitalised patient survey, chronic morbidity survey of National Health Survey conducted by Korean Institute of Health and Social Affairs were utilized. The major findings may be summarised as follows: 1. As a result of estimating morbidity life expectancy under definition of morbiditv that was the condition one felt discomfort and faro due to morbidities, the rrxrbidity life expectancy at birth of males was 20.99 years. The morbidity life expectancy of females which was 30.29 years at birth, was much higher than that of male. 2. The health life expectancy can be defined as the expected years for which one doesn`t feel any discomfort or pain due to morbidities. In case of males, the health life expectancy was 48.50 years at birth. And incase of female, the health life ecpectancy was 47.07 years at birth in 1995. 3. The health life expectancies in relation to social class were as fellows. In case of male, the health life expectancies were 58.42 years for technicians, 54.44 years for senior managers and professionals, 51.56 years for craft workers and machine operators, 47.16 years for elementary occupations, 45.57 years for sale and service workers, 44.86 years clerks, and 41.73 years for agricultural and fishery workers. In case of female, the health life expectancies were 52.87 years for clerks, 49.91 years for senior managers and professionals, 49.45 years for elementary occupations, 49.26 years for craft workers and machine operators, 48.50 years for technicians, 46.82 years for sale and service workers, and 44.19 years for agricultural and fishery workers. 4. The occupationally active life expectancies at the age of 15-19 in relation to social class were as fellows; In case of male, the occupationally active life expectancies were 46.33 years for agricultural and fishery workers, 45.59 years for senior managers, 44.80 years for elementary occupations, 42.32 years for sale and service workers, 40.18 years for machine operators, 39.39 years for professionals, 38.18 years for craft workers, 36.38 years for technicians, and 31.22 years for clerks. In case of female, the occupationally active life expectancies were 50.32 years for agricultural and fishery workers, 47.37 years for elementary occupations, 41.77 years for sale and service workers, 41.66 years for craft workers, 40.81 years for senior managers, 40.81 years for machine operators, 25.68 years for professionals, 20.08 years for technicians, and 14.84 years for clerks. Conculusionly, I suggest to upgrade the retirement age from the age Of 50-59 to 60-64 and to develop the job for the elderly.