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Uneven Distribution of Socio-economic Status and Housing Outcomes in Depopulating Towns of Rural Korea

인구과소화 지역 가구의 사회경제적 특성 및 거주실태 변화

Hyunjeong Lee*
이현정 *
*정회원(주저자 및 교신저자), 경희대학교 주거환경학과 교수, PhD
Corresponding AuthorHyunjeong Lee, Dept. of Housing & Interior Design, Kyung Hee University, 26 Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02447, South Korea (ROK) E-mail: ecohousing@khu.ac.kr
25 April 2021. pp. 23-35
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Abstract

In the wake of demographic cliff, this research is a longitudinal study that examines socio-economic status and housing outcomes of households in depopulating towns of Jeolla and Gyeonngbuk Provinces, and figures out factors affecting their residential assessment. After 1,213 households were selected from two waves of Korea Welfare Panel Study, the statistical analysis revealed that most of the households were elderly couples headed by men aged over 70 with lower level of educational attainment, and owned a small-sized single-family-home with 3 bedrooms. Not surprisingly, the number of single elderly women between old-old and oldest-old age groups sharply increased, especially in Gyeonngbuk Province. where a sizable number of either substandard housing or houses with structural problems were identified, lowering housing satisfaction. While a vast majority of households suffered from digital isolation, a growing of number of households relied on social services, particularly cash transfer such as social security and medicaid. Further, the regression analysis indicated that overall satisfaction with rural settlement was largely influenced by satisfaction with housing and residential environment in its entirety. Thus, this research implies that since depopulating towns are mainly small and physically islolated, digital inclusion helps elderly residents to stay connected and adequately get in-home services.

Keywords
Depopulating towns
Rural settlement
Public amenities
Housing welfare
키워드
인구과소화 군
농촌공동체
공공서비스
주거복지
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  • Publisher :The Korean Housing Association
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국주거학회
  • Journal Title :Journal of the Korean Housing Association
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국주거학회논문집
  • Volume : 32
  • No :2
  • Pages :23-35
  • Received Date : 2021-01-29
  • Revised Date : 2021-03-01
  • Accepted Date : 2021-03-18
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.6107/JKHA.2021.32.2.023
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