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KMID : 0613620090290010163
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Health Social Welfare Review
2009 Volume.29 No. 1 p.163 ~ p.191
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The Differences and Determinants in the Perception on Old-Age Support across Generations in Korea
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Seok Jae-Eun
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Abstract
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This study aims to find how and why the perception of old-age support is different across generations in Korea. Using the third wave (2007) surveys on Hallym Aging Study, this study examines the extent to which middle adults and the elderly consider self, family(adult children), or state as the main body of old age support. The multinominal logistic regression reveals that the perception on old age support is different according to demographic characteristics and the availability of family, economic, and healthy resources as well as filial responsibility value. Main results show that the older generations regard the responsibility of old age support as family’s obligation, while younger generations regard it as individual responsibility. Female prefer family responsibility and state responsibility to individual responsibility for old age support. The more having family resources consider the responsibility of old age support as family’s obligation, while the more having economic and healthy resources consider it as individual responsibility. The stronger filial responsibility value regard the responsibility of old age support as family’s obligation. The differences in main body of old age support by generations are reflected in the decrease of family obligation value and family resources, and they show to change from family responsibility to individual responsibility. However, no difference in state responsibility by generations is unique feature in Korean society, which distinguish from developed countries having mature public pension.
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KEYWORD
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Old-age Support, Source of Support, Individual Responsibility, Self-Support
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