Chapter 7. The Hidden Population
The Rural Female Elderly in Korea and Their Economic Status
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2429332 |
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| Authors | Eunkyung Kim (0000-0003-3558-7086) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 139-158 |
| Publication date | 2007-04-19 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1091-1359 • E-ISSN: 1540-3556 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j137v14n01_07 |
| OpenAlex | W1487181857 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
The purposes of this chapter are to discuss the economic status of the rural elderly females in Korea and to examine factors related to poverty. It suggests that Korean rural female elderly, often windows, are faced with serious financial problems. Poverty is associated with age, educational attainment, marital status and living arrangement, and health. When these factors are considered together, it is apparent that rural female elders are facing more severe financial problems than urban female elderly and rural male elderly
Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Marital status · Population · Poverty · Rural area · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Health disparities and outcomes · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Psychology · Demography · Gerontology
| Highly cited | No |
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