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Women, Ageing and the Family in Korea
Author(s) -
Suh Mee Kyung
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
australian journal on ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-6612
pISSN - 0726-4240
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-6612.1994.tb00667.x
Subject(s) - population ageing , gerontology , ageing , demography , medicine , population , psychology , sociology
It is expected that in another 30 years, people aged 60 years and over will account for one out of five Koreans. This change will increase the burden on women, the dominant caregivers. In 1990, among people 60 years and over, 3 per cent of men compared with 13 per cent of women lived alone. In rural areas 17 per cent of elderly women lived alone. While sons and daughters are both responsible for care of elderly family members, daughters‐in‐law usually carry out the duties of sons. Population ageing in Korea poses a grave challenge to the task of improving the status of women