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| Population aging in Korea: changes since the 1960s | | Author(s) | I K Kim, J Liang, K O Rhee |
| Journal title | Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol 11, no 4, December 1996 |
| Pages | pp 369-388 |
| Keywords | Older people ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Demography ; Social policy ; Social economics ; Korea. |
| Annotation | This paper describes the characteristics of the older population in Korea, and investigates population ageing in conjunction with social and economic changes in Korea. Korean society has experienced very rapid changes both in demographic transition and population ageing, mainly due to the rapid processes of industrialisation and urbanisation, especially since the 1960s. The rapid process of population ageing has brought about the increase of dependency ratio , increasingly imbalanced sex ratio, and the decrease of the proportion of older people living with their children. This paper concludes that the responsibility for the welfare of older people should shift from the family to the government. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980513260 A |
| Classmark | B: F: S8: TM2: W4: 7DK |
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