The purpose of this study was to differentiate the activity daily living and exercise capability of elderly who participate or do not participate in exercise. Four hundreds subjects were recruited from welfare centers located in Seoul (200 exercise participation and 200 none exercise participation). Data were collected during the period from September 5 to October 20, 2008. A questionnaire was used to collect data for 3 variables (demographic and individual characteristics, exercise participation and none, exercise capability and daily capability). In order to analyze the data, this study used a SPSS for win version 12.0 program. A descriptive statistics and one-way ANOVA were employed. Based on the above research methods and procedures, this study produced the following results. First, there were over mean value of activity daily living and exercise capability in elderly. Second, there were significant differences of activity daily living and exercise capability depending on gender, age, education, and martial status. Third, there were significant differences of activity daily living and exercise capability in exercise participation and none exercise participation of the elderly.