Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association 2001;39(2):111-130.
노인독신가구의 경제상태와 경제적 불평등에 관한 연구
성지미1, 이윤정2
이화여자대학교 경제학과1, 이화여자대학교 소비자·인간발달학과2
The Economic Status and Inequality of the single elderly households
성지미1, 이윤정2
ABSTRACT
Using the 1996 Expenditure Survey of Urban Famines from the Korea National Statistics Office, this study examines the economic status and the inequality of the elderly households. To explain the inequality of the single elderly households, this study divides the elderly into three groups of single, couple, and Living with admit children, and compares the total household income, total household expenditure and the net saving amount of these three groups. The results of Gini coefficients and Lorenz curries show that the inequality is higher in the single elderly household than couple elderly households or living with adult children elderly households. To investigate the reason of the inequality, this study compares the income, expenditure, and net saving amount by working condition of the household head in each three group. The result implies the need of employment to get household income especially for the single elderly who are in the higher inequality economic condition.
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