Comparison of Living Arrangements and Family Support for the Urban Elderly

Comparison of Living Arrangements and Family Support for the Urban Elderly
in Incheon-Gyeonggi, Korea and Shandong, China

Abstract

Ik Ki Kim (Dongguk University)
ikki@dongguk.edu


This study tries to compare the differences of the living arrangements of the elderly and thus show the different patterns of the family support for the elderly in Korea and China. China has a huge population with diverse characteristics, while Korea is a small country with homogeneity. For a more sophisticated analysis, this study selects the urban elderly of Incheon-Gyeonggi Province in Korea and Shandong Province in China.

This study is based on analysis of the data from the same questionnaire for the elderly in Chinese and Korean cities. Korean data (2,010) for the Incheon-Gyeonggi Province were collected in Incheon Special city and 17 cities in Gyeonggi Province. This study employs frequency distribution, cross-tabulation and logistic regression analysis for the statistical analysis.