This study aims to examine the effect of health conditions, welfare service use, and family and social
support for the Korean handicapped on their life quality. The data used in this study was the answers of
620 respondents on the additional questions on handicapped people in the 19th data in 2014 of the Korea
Welfare Panel. The findings of the data analysis are as follows. First, the average score of depression was
1.980 on the 4-point scale, lower than its median value. Life satisfaction was 3.069, around the middle
point. Among the handicapped, proportion of those who receive the National Basic Livelihood Protection is
26.9%. The average number of welfare services they use is 2.263, and the number of handicapped welfare
services they use is 1.242, showing that they use them not sufficiently. The average score of family
support is 3.621 on 5-point scale, and that of social support is 3.035 on 5-point scale, proving that they
receive more support from family members than from friends or neighbors. 81.5% of the handicapped are
ill with chronic diseases and take medicines. In disability grades, 21.1% of them belong to grade 3, the
largest number among all grades. 51.3% of the handicapped have ability to work. Second, those who have
ability to work had less depression than those who do not. It was found that the higher social support
gets, the lower depression is. In contrast, while the more serious chronic diseases are, and the more
frequently they use welfare services. the lower life satisfaction is, the higher the ability to work is, and the
more family support is provided, the higher life satisfaction is.