Relationships between Self-Efficacy, Successful Aging, and AIP of Baby Boomers in Naturally Occurring Retirement Community Areas

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between self-efficacy, successful aging, and aging in place (AIP) of baby boomers in naturally occurring retirement community(NORC) areas. For this purpose, a trained interviewer conducted a survey targeting 307 residents of an apartment with NORC in Seoul, Korea. Among them, 166 elderly people aged 61 to 69 years who were baby boomers were analyzed. Statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS 29.0. Results are as follows. First, according to sociodemographic variables, self-efficacy was found to differ depending on age, health status, supply method, home ownership, and housing size. According to sociodemographic variables, successful aging was found to differ depending on age, economic activity, income, health status, family type, and housing size. According to sociodemographic variables, housing AIP was found to differ depending on economic activity, income, health status, family type, supply method, and housing size. According to sociodemographic variables, community AIP was found to differ depending on income, family type, supply method, and housing size. Second, correlations between variables were found to be significant for all variables except for correlations of community AIP with age, health status, and successful aging. These results verified that baby boomers showed different characteristics from existing elderly. Its significance lies in providing basic data for establishing various policies by expanding the existing AIP policy.