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KMID : 1001320140410020157
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Social Welfare Policy
2014 Volume.41 No. 2 p.157 ~ p.184
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A Multi-dimensional Comparison of the ‘Feminization of Poverty’: Social Exclusion in the United States and Korea
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Kim Kyo-Seong
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to perform a longitudinal comparison of the feminization of poverty phenomenon in the United States and Korea. The study uses social exclusion as a multi-dimensional approach through which to explore the nature of poverty in these contexts. Social exclusion is measured through five sub-dimensions: finance, housing, employment, health and social participation. The analysis confirms that the ‘feminization of poverty’ thesis is also valid within a social exclusion discourse. In both countries, women experience heightened social exclusion and the gender gap has widened over time. The dynamics of social exclusion also support the phenomenon of the “feminization of social exclusion”. In addition, levels of social exclusion in Korea are slightly higher than that of the US in all sub-dimensions, except financial exclusion. Therefore, government efforts toward reducing poverty among women must go beyond programs alleviating financial hardship to encompass a more multi- dimensional approach to social exclusion.
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KEYWORD
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Social Exclusion, Feminization of Poverty, Multi-dimensional Approach, Povert
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