{"title":"The Association Between Socioeconomic Status and Lifetime Fertility for Men and Women in South Korea: Is There a Gender Difference?","authors":"Jin Young Seo, Rebecca L. Stotzer","doi":"10.1353/prv.2023.a913849","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Abstract:</p><p>This study seeks to examine the association between socioeconomic status of men and women and their lifetime fertility or childlessness. Declining fertility is a concern for many industrialized economies and childlessness is an important phenomenon that contributes to low fertility rates. This study used data from 4,705 of the over 10,000 people in the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (KLoSA), Wave 1 collected in 2006, a nationally representative sample of people aged 45 and over in South Korea. This sample of middle-aged individuals provides information about lifetime fertility of men and women of South Korea, including those who have never been married. Results from logistic regression analyses showed that, for men, education, employment, and income were significantly positively associated having a child/children, whereas no significant association was found among women. The findings imply that in South Korea, men who have difficulty bearing the normative expectation of financial responsibility of fatherhood tend not to have children.</p></p>","PeriodicalId":43131,"journal":{"name":"Population Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4000,"publicationDate":"2023-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Population Review","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/prv.2023.a913849","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"DEMOGRAPHY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This study seeks to examine the association between socioeconomic status of men and women and their lifetime fertility or childlessness. Declining fertility is a concern for many industrialized economies and childlessness is an important phenomenon that contributes to low fertility rates. This study used data from 4,705 of the over 10,000 people in the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (KLoSA), Wave 1 collected in 2006, a nationally representative sample of people aged 45 and over in South Korea. This sample of middle-aged individuals provides information about lifetime fertility of men and women of South Korea, including those who have never been married. Results from logistic regression analyses showed that, for men, education, employment, and income were significantly positively associated having a child/children, whereas no significant association was found among women. The findings imply that in South Korea, men who have difficulty bearing the normative expectation of financial responsibility of fatherhood tend not to have children.
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Population Review publishes scholarly research that covers a broad range of social science disciplines, including demography, sociology, social anthropology, socioenvironmental science, communication, and political science. The journal emphasizes empirical research and strives to advance knowledge on the interrelationships between demography and sociology. The editor welcomes submissions that combine theory with solid empirical research. Articles that are of general interest to population specialists are also desired. International in scope, the journal’s focus is not limited by geography. Submissions are encouraged from scholars in both the developing and developed world. Population Review publishes original articles and book reviews. Content is published online immediately after acceptance.
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