Reasons for Divorcing and Their Relationships with Divorcees' Demographic and Socioeconomic Status: The Case of Korea

• 발행기관: 한국재정학회(구 한국재정·공공경제학회)
• 저자명: Nakil Sung Donghyuk Jo
• 간행물 정보: 『한국재정학회 학술대회 논문집』2015년도 추계학술대회 논문집, 1~16쪽, 전체 16쪽
• 주제분류: 경제경영 > 경제학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2015.09.30

영문 초록

BACKGROUND Divorce data from Korea provide a unique opportunity for divorce research. Korea’s divorce declaration record includes detailed information on reasons for divorcing as well as on divorcees' demographic and socioeconomic status such as age at marriage, occupations, and the education level. OBJECTIVE Using divorce data from Korea, this study examines the characteristics of divorcees classified by reasons for divorcing and provides a multinomial logit analysis to assess the relationships between divorcees' demographic and socioeconomic status and their reasons for divorcing. RESULTS The demographic and socioeconomic status of divorcees was closely related to reasons for divorcing. For example, unemployed husbands were more likely to get divorced for economic problems than for any other reason. By contrast, couples with skilled jobs were more likely to get divorced for personal differences than for economic problems.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Increasing divorce rates as one of the key changes in Korea's family life

3. Reasons for divorcing in Korea: Changes and characteristics

4. A multinomial logit analysis

5. Conclusions