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KMID : 1001320200470030097
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Social Welfare Policy
2020 Volume.47 No. 3 p.97 ~ p.129
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Analysis of Determinants Related to Type of Employment and Poverty Status of Single Mothers - Focusing on Multidimensional Factors -
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Choi Ha-Young
Min Hye-Young
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to categorize the determinants of type of employment and poverty status into individual factors, family factors, and human capital factors, and to check their impact in order to improve poverty and search for decent jobs for single female parents. This study used the micro data of 1,626 single mothers from ‘A Study on the Status of Sole-Parent Families’ of year 2018, which was conducted by Korean Women’s Development Institute and Ministry of Gender Equality and Family. The results of analysis are below. First, as for factors affecting the odds of belonging to a non-employed group compared to a regular workers group, health status and depression level were statistically significant in individual factors, as in temporary-daily workers group.
But the odds ratios were different. When the level of health decreased by 1 unit, the odds ratio of belonging to the temporary-daily workers group increased by 27.4%, but that of belong to non-employed group was increased by 71.7%, proving the strong influence of the level of health on type of employment.
Second, among family factors, unlike temporary-daily workers group, in non-employed group compared to regular workers group, every age segment of the youngest child in the family, showed strong statistical significance in all age groups (p<0.001). The odds of being a non-employed group decreased by 68.4% compared to the case of a preschooler when the youngest children were elementary school students, and decreased by 66.3% when they were middle school students or older. Third, as a human capital factor, the odds of becoming a temporary-daily worker decreased 26.9% compared to the group who did not had a job when they had a job a year before becoming a single parent family, but the odds of belonging a non-employed group decreased by 64.0% when they had a job. As the determinants of poverty status, health status, number of household members, age range of the youngest child, and years of schooling were statistically significant. when the type of employment one year before becoming a single-parent family was temporary-daily workers, the odds of belonging to the poor group increased by 80.3% compared to regular workers, and 171.8% when they were non-employed. Based on these results, practical and policy measures were presented.
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KEYWORD
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Determinants of Type of Employment, Determinants of Poverty Status, Single Mothers, A Study on the Status of Sole-Parent Families
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