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KMID : 1124020180340010135
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Korean Social Security Studies
2018 Volume.34 No. 1 p.135 ~ p.166
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Comparison of Life Satisfaction in Korea and Japan: Focusing on the Influence of Social Integration Factors
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Woo Myung-Sook
Nam Eun-Young
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Abstract
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This paper examined, comparing Korea and Japan, whether social integration factors have significant influences on life satisfaction in both countries, and it, furthermore, explained the different effects of some of social integration factors between the two countries. Social integration factors are composed of various components with respect to social capital and social inclusion. Using the comparative data, 'International Comparative Surveys on Lifestyle and Values' from Korea and Japan, collected in 2015, our analysis found, first of all, that various components of social capital and social inclusion affected life satisfaction in both Korea and Japan. Secondly, two components - the first one with respect to social capital and the second one with respect to social inclusion - were associated with life satisfaction only in Japan. Trust in government and evaluation of structural discrimination were strongly influential in Japan, while not in Korea. It means that more broadly defined social integration factors made no influence on Koreans' life satisfaction. Koreans' life satisfaction strongly depends on factors that are more personally and directly related to them. The different social contexts might explain the different results. Compared to Japanese, Koreans live a more strongly competitive and success-oriented life in a less protective society with less social integration capabilities where individuals and families are more unstable.
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KEYWORD
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life satisfaction, social integration factors, social capital, social inclusion, Korea, Japan
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