• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.131-141
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• 2020

This study examines the poverty indicators in Northeast region of Thailand by adopting the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) methodology and the national survey of Minimum Basic Needs (MBN) of Thailand. Data are collected from three different districts in Khon Kaen province namely: Khok Po Chai, Sam Sung, and Nam Pong. The sample size is 187 households. Data analysis uses Ordinary Least Square (OLS) regression approach and includes 7 dimensions of poverty (health, environment, education, economy, Thai value, asset? empowerment, and digital literacy) with a total of 41 indicators. This study has found that poverty indicators in Khon Kaen province remains centered around the aspects of health and employment dimensions. While a change of family structure in the Thai society since 1960s reduces the family size, household saving substantially increases over the years. The effects of health dimension in poverty, on the other hand, appears on the other poverty dimension of Thai value, which include (1) a bad living habit of head of household (smoke or alcohol consumption) that links with illness and disease, (2) religious practice, and (3) chronic illness. Lastly, there are income gaps of different careers in the area, which suggests the issue of income inequality.

• 사회복지연구
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.159-187
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• 2010

본 연구의 목적은 보다 실효성있는 탈빈곤정책의 대안을 모색하기 위하여 소득뿐만 아니라 시간을 고려한 대안적 빈곤측정과 분석을 시도하는데 있다. 이를 위하여 한국복지패널 1차년도 자료를 활용하여 생계부양자의 연령이 60세 이하인 가구를 대상으로 소득빈곤과 시간빈곤, 그리고 소득과 시간의 이중빈곤을 산출하였다. 더불어 시간빈곤으로 인하여 돌봄서비스를 시장에서 구매하는 과정에서 추가 지출이 발생함에 따라 소득빈곤이 새롭게 발생하는 상황도 분석하였다. 분석결과, 소득빈곤율의 평균수치는 9.5%이고, 시간빈곤율은 15.7%이며, 시간조정 소득빈곤율은 10.8%로 나타났다. 또한 교육수준이 낮으면서 미취학자녀가 있는 한부모가구의 경우, 소득빈곤뿐만 아니라 시간빈곤을 경험할 가능성이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 본 연구는 가구의 상황을 고려하지 않은 채 일을 통한 빈곤탈출만을 강조하는 복지정책의 실효성에 한계가 있을 수밖에 없음을 입증하였다. 더불어 사회복지정책이 궁극적으로, 임금노동과 돌봄노동, 그리고 여가 간 상충을 최소화할 수 있도록 제공됨으로서, 전반적인 삶의 질 향상을 도모해야 함을 제언하였다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.423-435
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• 2010

Objectives: The low benefit coverage rate of South Korea's health security system has been continually pointed out. A low benefit coverage rate inevitably causes catastrophic health expenditure, which can be the cause of the transition to poverty and the persistence of poverty. This study was conducted to ascertain the effect of catastrophic health expenditure on the transition to poverty and the persistence of poverty in South Korea. Methods: To determine the degree of social mobility, this study was conducted among the 6311 households that participated in the South Korea Welfare Panel Study in both 2006 and 2008. The effect of catastrophic health expenditure on the transition to poverty and the persistence of poverty in South Korea was assessed via multiple logistic regression analysis. Results: The poverty rate in South Korea was 21.6% in 2006 and 20.0% in 2008. 25.1 - 7.3% of the households are facing catastrophic health expenditure. Catastrophic health expenditure was found to affect the transition to poverty even after adjusting for the characteristics of the household and the head of the household, at the threshold of 28% or above. Conclusions: 25.1% of the households in this study were found to be currently facing catastrophic health expenditure, and it was determined that catastrophic health expenditure is a cause of transition to poverty. This result shows that South Korea's health security system is not an effective social safety net. As such, to prevent catastrophic health expenditure and transition to poverty, the benefit coverage of South Korea's health security system needs to the strengthened.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.242-253
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• 2014

Background: The low benefit coverage rate of South Korea's health security system causes catastrophic health expenditure. And catastrophic health expenditure can be the cause of the transition to and persistence of poverty. This study was conducted to ascertain the effect of catastrophic health expenditure on the transition to and persistence of poverty, using 6 years of the Korea Welfare Panel Study Data. Methods: This study was conducted among the 22,528 households that participated in the Korea Welfare Panel Study, 2007-2012. Catastrophic health expenditure was defined as equal to or exceeds thresholds (10%, 20%, 30%, and 40%) of household's capacity to pay. The effect of catastrophic health expenditure on the transition to and persistence of poverty was ascertained via multivariate logistic regression. Results: Four-point-seven percent to 20.6% of the households are facing catastrophic health expenditure. Rates of the transition to (relative risk [RR], 18.6 to 30.2) and persistence of (RR, 74.8 to 76.0) poverty of households facing catastrophic health expenditure was higher than households not facing catastrophic health expenditure. Even after adjusting the characteristics of the household and the household head, catastrophic health expenditure was found to affect transition to (odds ratio [OR], 2.11 to 3.04) and persistence of (OR, 1.53 to 1.70) poverty. Conclusion: To prevent catastrophic health expenditure and transition to and persistence of poverty resulting from catastrophic health expenditure, the reinforcement of South Korea's health security system including the benefit coverage enhancement is required.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제14권9호
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• pp.19-29
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• 2016

본 연구는 근로능력이 있는 빈곤층의 삶의 경험과 탈수급/탈빈곤 전망을 혼합방법론 중 순차적 탐구전략을 활용하여 질적 양적으로 분석하였다. 이를 위해 우선 한국복지패널 연계 질적패널의 1-3차 웨이브 중 근로능력이 있는 14인의 빈곤 가구주의 인터뷰를 분석하여, 이들이 3년간 경험한 삶의 변화를 탈빈곤 전망 맥락에서 제시하였다. 이후 질적분석에서 도출한 가설을 양적분석으로 확인하는 순차적 탐구전략에 따라, 빈곤층의 교육수준이 생활전망 및 자존감을 매개로하여 탈수급/탈빈곤 전망에 영향을 미친다는 가설을 설정하고, 한국복지패널 7차년도 자료를 활용하여 변량분석과 구조방정식을 통하여 가설을 검증하였다. 그 결과, 교육수준은 그 자체가 아니라 생활전망이라는 심리적 요인을 매개로 하여 탈수급/탈빈곤 전망에 영향을 미치고 있음을 확인할 수 있었고, 이는 향후 탈빈곤정책이 물질적 지원 외에도 빈곤층의 생활전망을 제고하는 심리적 차원을 고려해야 한다는 함의를 제시하고 있다.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제59권4호
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• pp.191-216
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• 2007

본 연구는 가족과의 관계 속에서 형성되는 여성 빈곤의 문제, 특히 남성 생계부양자 규범에 의해 여성들이 어떻게 자원배분과 자원통제에서 배제되어 빈곤에 취약해지게 되었는지 살펴보고자 하였다. 이를 위해 이혼경험이 있는 저소득 여성가구주 10명의 생애사를 분석하였다. 저소득 여성가구주들이 빈곤층에 이르게 되기까지 빈곤경로에 있어서 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 여성가구주들이 빈곤에 이르게 되는 경로에 따라서 빈곤의 지속유형과 빈곤으로의 유입유형으로 분류하였다. 여성가구주의 빈곤은 출생 가족과 결혼 후 가족에서 자원형성과 자원배분, 자원통제에서의 차별을 통해서 빈곤에 취약해졌다. 남성 생계부양자 규범은 차별기제로 작동되었으나 빈곤화 경로 유형에 따라서 그것이 작동되는 방식에서 차이가 있음을 드러내었다. 빈곤의 지속 유형 사례 여성들에게 남성 생계부양자 규범은 상징적인 힘으로 작동되면서 이 여성들의 경제활동은 가족을 보살펴야 하는 아내 역할의 차원에서 수행되었다. 반면 빈곤으로의 유입 유형 사례 여성들에게 남성 생계부양자 규범은 피부양자의 위치로 자신을 인식함으로서 직업경력 단절 및 자원통제권을 상실하게 되면서 빈곤에 취약해졌다. 이러한 연구결과는 지금까지 여성가구주로 빈곤 논의에서 전제되고 있는 통념이 허구임을 밝힘으로써, 가족(The Family)만 유지된다면 여성은 빈곤하지 않을 것이라는 기존 시각을 문제화하고 관점 전환의 필요성을 제안하고 있다는 점에서 연구의 의의를 찾을 수 있다.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.169-179
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• 2004

This study investigated female-head's employment and household economic status of the single-mother households compared to those in the two-parent households using the data from the Korean Labor and Income Panel Study. Major findings are: first, female-heads showed lower educational attainment, lower labor force participation rate, lower occupational status, and lower wage rates than male-heads; second, the level of household income was as 1.3 times as the Minimum Living Cost and the level of household expenditure was close to the Minimum Living Cost; third, one-thirds of single-mother households were in poverty. Based on the results, the implications to public policy were suggested.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.93-99
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• 2011

In this study, a total of 350 households contained 700 individuals in Iganzo village were surveyed to study their literate and poverty levels and their impacts to conservation of the Mbeya Range Forest Reserve. The study included 350 women and 350 men. The majority of respondents were between the ages of 31-40 years old (53%), while the rest were between 41-50 years old (25%) and 21-30 years old (22%). The total income per day per household was calculated and averaged to 4,570 Tanzanian shillings that is equal to about 3 U.S. dollars. The average number of members per household was seven. It was reported that, there is a tremendous decrease in biodiversity composition of the reserve mainly due to poverty (80%) and ignorance (76%) of the people on the importance of the reserve. Other causes for this decrease were reported to be grazing of livestock in the reserve (23%), poor farming systems (68%), which resulted in soil erosion, encroachment (64%) through expansion of farms towards the reserve boundary and charcoal burning (34%). Respondents from Mbeya Urban Water Supply Authority and District Forest Office mentioned lack of funds (49%) and lack of experts (56%) as challenges that face the conservation of the reserve. It was revealed that 25% of respondents had never gone to school, 53% had primary level of education as their highest level of education, 20% had secondary education and 2% had first degree. The null hypothesis that poverty and illiteracy have a positive correlation to forest degradation was accepted based on these findings at a probability of p>0.85. Thus, it was concluded that poverty and illiteracy among Iganzo village residents are the main causes for the degradation of biodiversity in Mbeya Range Forest Reserve.

• East Asian Economic Review
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.305-336
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• 2022

This study applied the macro-micro simulation model (i.e., what-if analysis) to investigate the impact of transport related to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on poverty and income inequality in Laos. We selected Laos as a case study of a developing country. We used the standard GTAP model with the GTAP database (version 10) for the macrosimulation, whereas we used the household model with the latest Lao household data from 2019 for the microsimulation. Our findings revealed that the output of the Lao economy was anticipated to increase by up to 0.3%, while the poverty rate was anticipated to decline from 17.0% to 15.7%. However, there would be winners and losers in industries and groups of households in different areas. In particular, rich households with a comparative socioeconomic advantage, such as in education, engagement in nonfarm business, and infrastructure access, would mostly gain benefits; consequently, this would lead to higher inequality in Laos. Therefore, the inequality index (i.e., the Gini coefficient) would increase from 41.2 to 60.1. After a simulation of BRI transport, we also found that some nonpoor households, which are mainly associated with farm activities and lower educational levels, would fall into poverty.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제17권10호
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• pp.85-91
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• 2019

본 연구는 청년빈곤이 소득결핍만이 아닌, 주거결핍, 근로결핍, 건강결핍등 삶의 다양한 차원에서의 결핍으로 나타나고 있음을 주목함과 동시에 상대적으로 관심이 부족했던 여성청년 가구의 빈곤 및 결핍을 다차원적으로 분석한다. 다차원적 빈곤은 소득, 근로, 주거, 건강의 네 가지 차원으로 측정하였다. 표본은 한국복지패널 10년치 자료에서 pooling한 2630명의 1인 가구 여성청년이다. 분석도구는 SPSS 통계프로그램을 사용하였고 분석틀은 차원별 결핍율, 결핍차원간 상관분석, N개 차원 빈곤 중첩률이며 이를 위해 빈도분석, 평균분석, 상관분석 등의 기술통계법을 사용하였다. 분석 결과 우리나라 여성청년은 근로와 주거에서 다른 차원에 비해 상대적으로 결핍율이 높게 나타났으며 이 두개 차원이 동시에 빈곤인 여성청년 비율도 다른 경우에 비해 상대적으로 높았다. 이러한 결과를 근거로 본 연구는 청년 여성 맞춤형 일자리 서비스 구축, 강소기업과의 일자리 매칭, 장기전세주택 대상자 중 청년여성 1인 가구 할당 등을 제안하는 바이다. 이와 함께 여성청년 스스로의 공유경제 공동체 설립 등도 대안적으로 고려되어야 할 것이다.