Korea journal of population studies (한국인구학)

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Factors associated with Lowest Low Fertility and Strategies for the Policy of Family-friendly Environments for Fertility Increase in Busan Metropolitan City

부산광역시 초저출산의 가족학적 요인 및 가족친화환경 조성을 위한 정책적 제안

  • 윤경자 (동의대학교 보육.가정상담학과)
  • Received : 2009.11.04
  • Accepted : 2010.04.05
  • Published : 2010.08.01
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Abstract

This study examines how individual, familial, and social factors are associated with persistent very low fertility in Busan Metropolitan City and contemplates family-friendly environments and social strategies for fertility increase. Fertility decline in Busan Metropolitan City recorded the lowest birth rate nationwide recent years among metropolitan cities and provinces in Korea. Birthrates are low partly because of multiple factors such as high age at childbearing and at marriage, decline in marriage, high divorce rate, the phenomena of marriage avoidance among unmarried women, traditional gender role attitude of men, low domestic work participation of husbands among dual career couples, low marital satisfaction and family life satisfaction, abortion, and more broader attiributes such as family policy, availability of childcare, education expenses, and family-friendlyness of a society. In addition, women of dual career couples in Busan strained from domestic work overload under traditional norms of gender role, and marital satisfaction recorded below average nationwide along with espeacially low marital satisfaction of wives compared to that of husbands. Major aspects of implications and considerations for higher birth rate and family friendly policy in Busan are discussed.

본 연구는 인구조사 통계자료를 이용하여 개인적, 가족적, 사회적 요인들이 부산광역시의 지속적인 낮은 출산율과 어떻게 관련되어 있는지 살펴보며, 출산율을 높이기 위한 가족친화환경조성에 관한 정책들도 제시하고자 하였다. 최근 몇 년간 부산광역시의 출산율은 전국의 광역시도 중 가장 최저로 나타났으며 부산지역의 특징을 보여주고 있다. 출산율은 만혼 및 임신의 고령화, 혼인율 감소, 높은 이혼율, 미혼여성들의 결혼기피현상, 남성들의 전통적 성역할태도, 맞벌이 남성들의 저조한 가사분담참여, 낮은 결혼만족도와 가족생활만족도, 높은 낙태율과 같은 복합적인 가족학적 요인들과 가족정책, 자녀양육시설의 이용가능성, 교육비 및 사회와 기업의 가족친화 수준과 같은 보다 광의의 특성들 때문에 낮게 나타난다. 부산 여성들은 전통적 성역할 규범과 관습이 유지되는 사회 환경에서 맞벌이를 하는 경우에도 과중한 가사노동을 수행하고 있었고, 부부의 결혼만족도도 전국평균보다 낮았는데 부인의 결혼만족도는 남편에 비해 전국평균보다 더욱 낮게 나타났다. 부산광역시의 출산율 향상을 위하여 이 요인들의 시사점들과 가족 친화적 정책제안들도 8가지 측면에서 논의되었다.

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