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| Variations in preferred living arrangements among Korean elderly parents | | Author(s) | Cheong-Seok Kim, Ka-Oak Rhee |
| Journal title | Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol 12, no 2, June 1997 |
| Pages | pp 189-202 |
| Keywords | Living alone ; Living with family ; Economic status [elderly] ; Korea. |
| Annotation | Guided by the assumption that the preferences for a particular type of living arrangement are influenced by values of privacy and the levels of needs and resources among older people, this study investigated how the socio-economic and demographic characteristics of Korean older people are associated with their preferences for independent living over co-residence with their children. A logit model analysis was conducted based on data from the 1994 Survey on the Living Status of Korean Elderly. The major findings were: contrary to common belief, rural older people were more likely to prefer independent living that urban older people; provided that older parents have financial resources, those in poor health were more likely than those in fair health to prefer separate residence from their children; and the absence of a son increased the likelihood of preferring independent living over co-residence. The implications of these findings for current Korean policy promoting co-residence and for studies of living arrangements of older people are discussed. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980724412 A |
| Classmark | K8: KA:SJ: F:W: 7DK |
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