2018 Volume 12 Issue 1 Pages 70-79
Levels of domain-specific satisfaction with Silver Human Resource Centers（SHRCs）and related factors were investigated among members of SHRCs. A survey was conducted with all members of four SHRCs located in Osaka（N = 1,226）. They were asked to rate their level of satisfaction with the SHRC in five domains: maintaining health, obtaining ikigai, supporting household income, interacting with friends, and contributing to the region. Participants responded to the questions by selecting one of four response choices “very satisfied”, somewhat satisfied”, “somewhat unsatisfied”, and very unsatisfied”. We compared levels of satisfaction in each domain and factors related to satisfaction with SHRC in each domain. Related factors included age, job tenure at the SHRC, motivation to participate in the SHRC, self-rated health, activities other than SHRC, and the monthly average earning at the SHRC. Results indicated that the percentage of respondents that rated “very satisfied” or “somehow satisfied” were 50% ～ 70% for all domains. However, levels of satisfaction were higher for maintaining health and obtaining ikigai than for the other domains. Moreover, factors related to the satisfaction with SHRCs differed between domains. Also, there were gender differences in factors related to satisfaction with SHRC in each domain.
