• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.14 no.12
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• pp.959-972
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• 2014

This study aims to describe childlessness trends and examine the factors impacting on the childlessness of married couples among Korean provinces between 1990 and 2010. The results are as follows: There have been differences in childlessness rates among provinces and over time as well. Furthermore, social development, transportation, women's status, and economic development have statistically significant positive impacts on ASMCR. It turns out that age-specific marital childlessness rate is rather accurate measurement than general marital childlessness rate in terms of exploring the factors influencing on the childlessness among Korean provinces. Korea's government policy to aid the married couples who are suffering from in-fecundity is strongly recommended to maintain its policy and extend its subjects in order to increase married couples' fertility rate. Furthermore, campaigns to change married couples' recognition and attitudes from unfavorable against childbearing to favorable toward childbearing so that the married couples would be willing to have childbearing in terms of fertility rate increase.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.66-73
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• 1995

본 연구에서는 노인을 네 집단 즉 유배우 남자노인 무배우 남자노인, 유배우 여자노 인, 무배우 여자노인으로 분류하여 노인의 경제상태와 사회적 활동정도 및 사회적지원(자녀 와 친구의 도구적, 정서적 지원)을 독립변인으로 하고 노인의 생활만족도를 종속변인으로 하여 각 변인들이 노인의 생활만족도에 미치는 영향을 규명하는 동시에 이를 통하여 노인의 생활만족도를 향상시키기 위한 방안을 모색하는데 기초자료가 되고자하였다. 본 연구의 결 과를 정리하면 다음과 같다 첫째 집단별 노인의 생활만족도는 대체로 중간정도에 머무르고 있었으나 무배우 노인들은 유배우 노인보다 상대적으로 생활만족도가 낮으며 그중에서도 무 배우 남자노인의 경우가 가장 낮게 나타났다 둘째 네 집단노인의 생활만족도에 대한 경제상 태 사회적 활동정도 사회적 지원의 상대적 영향력을 본 결과 유배우 남자노인의 경우 자녀 의 정서적 지원, 경제상태, 사회적활동 순으로 나타났으며 무배우 남자노인의 경우는 경제상 태 자녀의 정서적 니원 친구의 도구적 지원, 사회적 활동정도순으로 나타났다 유배우 여자 노인의 생활만족도에 대한 변인들의 영향력은 자녀의 정서적 지원 친구의 정서적지원 경제 상태순으로 나타났으며 무배우 여자노인의 생활만족도에 대한 변인들의 영향력은 자녀의 정 서적 지원 사회적활동정도 경제상태 순으로 나타났다.

• Korea journal of population studies
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.17-43
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• 2011

With a substantial rise in divorce rates since the mid 1990s, single-parent households are increasing rapidly in Korea. Often it is believed that children in single-mother households suffer the most economically and socially with the marital disruption of the parents. This study hypothesizes that in Korea the socioeconomic status of single-father households may be lower than that of single-mother households mainly because low-income divorced women are not able to form their own households with children. The analysis is based on two sub-samples from the 2% sample of the 2005 Census, one, with children 12 years old or younger and, the other, with divorced mothers of children of the same ages. The findings support the hypothesis that previously-married single fathers show the lowest educational and occupational status among 6 groups of parents: fathers and mothers from two-parent families, fathers and mothers from married but spouse-absent families, and previously-married single fathers and mothers. Divorced mothers'likelihood of living apart from their children has a strong negative association with their educational attainment, with the highest likelihood among women of middle school or lower education and the lowest likelihood among women with college education. Although single mothers comprise a larger percentage of single-parent households, single-father households demonstrate a particular vulnerability with their weak socioeconomic status.

• Korean Journal of Family Social Work
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• no.55
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• pp.129-156
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• 2017

The study was conducted to identify factors that affect the first childbearing decisions among married working women in South Korea and thereby to gain insight into effective ways to improve relatively low fertility and unfavorable workplace conditions for women of childbearing age. This study used the merged data(1st-5th waves) from Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and Families (KLoWF), which were measured by the Korean Women's Development Institute. With 1,020 married business women, cross tab and binary logistic regression were conducted to determine which factors were significantly associated with the first childbearing decisions.

• Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.71-84
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• 2022

This study analyzed 2019 time survey data from the National Statistical Office to examine the childcare behaviors of fathers with preschool children and their determinants, considering types of care and working/nonworking days. The main results of this study are as follows. First, paternal childcare time of nonworking days was three times more than that of working days, and the participation rate was also higher on nonworking days. Second, there was no significant difference in the amount of time spent on primary care and developmental care by fathers, whether from dual- or single-income families. Third, it seems that fathers adjust their participation in childcare between working days and nonworking days in consideration of the mother's time availability. Fourth, the variables related to childcare needs had a significant influence on paternal childcare time on both working and nonworking days. Fathers' developmental care time was not explained by the independent variables entered into the regression analysis. As a result of the study, it is necessary to reduce fathers' working hours and increase family-friendly systems to increase fathers' participation in childrearing. Fathers' perception of parental responsibility must also be changed.

• Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.251-268
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• 2014

Applying the data from 64 single(26 men and 38 women) and 71 childless married men and women(37 men and 34 women) aged between 30 and 45, this study is to understand their future fertility intention. For this purpose, ideal and real number of children that participants plan to have were compared using paired t-test. Second, demographic variables(sex, age, marital status), child care related variables(thoughts about caring children, child care value), individual characteristics(gender role attitude, relation orientation) and social context variables(perceived economic condition, recognition of low fertility policies) were included in a stepwise regression model to explain expected number of children participants plan to have in the future. Results showed that ideal number of children participants wish to have was significantly higher than real number of children they expect to have in the Korean society. The stepwise regression model explained 35% of the variance of the dependent variable. Among four types of variables, child care related variables most powerfully explained expected number of children study participants plan to have in the future. Finally, age, child care value, gender role attitude, and relation orientation significantly explained expected number of children in the future.

• Korea journal of population studies
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.31-52
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• 2012

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effectiveness of policies in response to low fertility in Korea. Using a recent nationwide survey on marriage and fertility, this study analyzes the effect of low fertility policies on plan of further birth among young married women according to the number of their children. Awareness of polices in response to low fertility is relatively high, showing the great differences among policy measures. In contrast, the degree of polices in response to low fertility is very low. ranging from 2.0% to 27.6%. The distribution of awareness and experience is different according to the number of children. The results of logistic regression analysis show that awareness of polices in response to low fertility such as economic support, promotion of equality of the sexes significantly affects on plan of further birth. However, this effects disappear when we apply parity specific approach. For example, the plan for first child is quite universal as no difference is found by their awareness of policies in response to low fertility. Similar results are found in married women having plan for second child and third child. With respect to the degree of experience of policies in response to low fertility, the results show that economic support, work-family coexistence, and promotion of equality of the sexes significantly affects the plan of further birth. Like awareness of policies in response to low fertility, these effects disappear as we apply parity specific approach. The results indicate that the effect of policies in response to low fertility differs by the current number of children. Thus, consideration of such difference would help us deepen our understanding of fertility behaviors and polices in response to low fertility.

• Proceedings of the ESK Conference
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• 1998.04a
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• pp.137-142
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• 1998

본 조사는 1996년 9월무터 12월에 걸쳐 마산.창원 공단지역 사업장에서 근무하는 정상근무 근로자 1,640명과 교대근무 근로자 1,360명을 대상으로 General Health Questionnaire(GHQ-30)을 이용하여 정신의 학적 특징 및 점수 분포를 검토하였다. 전체 문항에 대한 상관관계와 Cronbach .alpha. 계수에 의한 내적 일관성(Internal consistency)은 정상근무, 교대근무 모두 만족할 만한 수준이였고, Varimax 회전에 의한 주요인 분석으로부터 추출된 GHQ-30의 정신의학적 특징은 정상근무가 5개, 교대근무는 6개 요인이 추출되 었다. 정상근무에서 추출된 5개의 요인은 '심리적 요인', '신체적 요인', '사회적 요인', '스트레스 요인', '자신감 요인'이였고, 교대근무는 상기의 5개 요인 외의 '직무 요인'이 추출되었다. 상기의 공통된 5개 요인 구조는 대체로 비슷하였다. GHQ-30의 점수 분포는 정상.교대근무보다 왼쪽으로 치우치는 경향을 보였다. (Skewness: 정상근무=0.42, 교대근무=0.27). 인구동태학적 요인에 따른 감정적 혼란의 정도는 교대근무가 정상근무보다 높았으며, 정상.교대근무 모두 연령별, 자녀의 수, 결혼 유무에 대해서 유의한 차이를 보였으며, 각각 20대이하, 무자녀, 이혼.미혼의 집단에 있어서감정적 혼란이 큰 것으로 나타났다.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.131-146
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• 1989

본고(本稿)에서는 가계(家計)의 저축행태(貯蓄行態)가 일생적기(一生適期)(life cycle)에 걸쳐 연령(年齡)-자산관계(資産關係)(age-wealth profile)를 통해 어떻게 나타나는가를 이론적으로 그리고 미시적(微視的) 시뮬레이션의 결과로 살펴보았다. 본고(本稿)에서는 기존의 Ando-Modigliani의 모형(模型)에 성인상당수(成人相當數)라는 개념(槪念)을 도입(導入), 무자녀가구(無子女家口)와 유자녀가구(有子女家口) 사이에 자산저축경로(資産著畜經路)의 차이가 존재함을 밝혔다. 즉, 유자녀가구(有子女家口)의 경우, 자녀의 교육비를 지원함으로써-좀 더 정확히 표현하면 또다른 형태의 세대간교부(世代間交付)(intergenerational transfer)라고 할 수 있는 자녀의 인적자산형성(人的資産形成)에 투자함으로써-소비(消費)가 이 시기에 급상승하게 되고 따라서 자산저축(資産著畜)이 무자녀가구(無子女家口)의 경우보다 완만해질 수 있음을 밝혔다.

• Korean Journal of Culture and Social Issue
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.479-499
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• 2020

The present study explored psychological factors related to the desire to have children of young adults who had yet to marry and begin a family. To do so, the present study investigated the relationships among the desire to have children, adult attachment styles and belief in a just world (DJ-self, PJ-self, DJ-others, and PJ-others). This study analyzed the self-reported data of 260 adults aged 20 to 39. Hierarchical regression analysis revealed that after controlling for gender, individuals with more avoidant models of close adult relationships showed less desire to have children. Moreover, the belief in a just world accounted for an additional variance. Specifically, participants' PJ-others positively predicted their desire to have children. These results suggest that individuals' expectations about close relationships and justice of their society might explain a part of their desire to have children. The implications, limitations, and future directions of the study were discussed.