Comparison of Level of Consumption Deprivation by the Patterns of Consumption Deprivation of Urban Poor Households in Inchon, Korea

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association 1997;35(2):49-64.

논문편 : 도시빈곤가계의 소비박탈유형에 따른 소비박탈수준의 비교 : 인천시를 중심으로

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인하대학교 소비자아동학과

Comparison of Level of Consumption Deprivation by the Patterns of Consumption Deprivation of Urban Poor Households in Inchon, Korea

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to classify the patterns of consumption deprivation and to compare the level of consumption deprivation by them. For empirical analysis, this study used the data on 563 households in the city of Inchon collected by the researchers through interviews. The statistical methods used in this study were cluster analysis, oneway ANOVA, and crosstabs. four clusters were classified: 'Overall satisfied Pattern (OSP)', 'Food satisfid with Others deprived Pattern (FS-ODP)', Food Extremely deprived with Food Deprive Pattern (HED-FDP)'. Those I FED-HSP tended to be old aged, and those in GED-FDP tended to be urban unstable workers. The results imply that welfare policy for urban poor households should be differentiated by the characteristics of consumption of each pattern of consumption deprivation.