CHANGE IN EXTENDED FAMILY LIVING AMONG ELDERLY PEOPLE IN SOUTH-KOREA, 1970-1980

In South Korea, the proportion of individuals 60 yr or older living in extended family households dropped from about 71% in 1970 to 64% in 1980. Since we do not really know the causes of the change, this study focuses on possible determinants. We find that structural changes such as those caused by youthful rural-urban migration and consequent changes in rural age structures are important and must be incorporated in any useful theory of changing household arrangements among elderly people. We also demonstrate that need increasingly determines parent-child coresidence. -from Authors