A Comparative Study of Divorce between Korea and Japan

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association 1982;20(1):97-110.

논문편 - 가정관리 분야 : 현대 가족문제에 관한 연구 - 한 , 일 간의 이혼 경향에 관한 연구 -

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A Comparative Study of Divorce between Korea and Japan

Hei Sun Kim

ABSTRACT

The study was designed to compare family problems specially divorce between Korea and Japan. The age, married period, occupation, education and divorced reason of the couple are formed to be the major factor to relate to divorce in Korea and Japan. Divorced couple both in Kora and Japan showed similla tendency in age, married period and occupation; couples with younger age, 5∼10 years of married period, and sale and service occupation showed higher tendency in divorce. However Japan established the civil law 25 years earlier than Korea and always showed higher tendency in divorce rate between the year of 1912 and 1976. In Korea couples with middle and high school lower tendency in divorce. The major reason for divorce in Japan formed to be disagreed with personality and spouse's affair, but in Korea unchaste act was the most significant reason.