Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore influencing factors associated with willingness towork targeting unemployed people with mental disabilities in Korea.
Methods: Data for this study were obtained from the 2011 panel survey of employment for the disabled. Mentallydisabled people only who had no job (n=78) were included in this study. Data were analyzed by descriptivestatistics, χ2-test, and hierarchical multiple logistic regression. For the analyses, SPSS ver. 20 was used.
Results: The main findings were as follows. Men in their 40s and high school graduates were dominantin this study. Overall, their socio-economic status was very low. The majority responded that their interpersonal/organizational skills were far below average. In the hierarchical logistic regression models, subjectivehealth condition was the only variable which was statistically significant to willingness to work.
Conclusions: Based on these findings, it is important to provide government-led community-based healthpromotion and vocational rehabilitation programs for unemployed people with mental disabilities. In addition,considering the characteristics and nature of mental disabilities, psycho-socially supportive as well asphysically friendly environments should be developed.