The influence of housing on family size in South Korea: Unstable housing and parity specific risk
Year: 2019
Type: preprint
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Increasing housing cost is one of the major concerns among young parents in South Korea. The aim of this study is to evaluate how homeownership is associated with parity-specific birth. We use the 2009-2017 waves of the Korea Labor and Income Panel Study (n=6,934) to illustrate opt-out childbearing without the state of being a homeowner. This study uses the Cox proportional hazard model to show mutually-exclusive patterns between homeownership and childbearing. The results suggest that either short-term rent or home-ownership is negative to have a first child while only home-ownership is negative to have a second child. Also, rural areas show a slightly faster path in having a second child. The Cox proportional hazard model suggests that there is a trade-off relationship between parity-specific childbearing and housing costs intertwined with employment status and educational attainment.
Authors: Jeongsoo Kim, Corey Sparks
Institution: The University of Texas at San Antonio
Language: English
Subfield: Demography
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Reduced inequalities
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4254487345