Contemporary Family Policy in South Korea: Towards the Increase of Fertility

The paper focuses on the assessment of how effective the Korean government’s actions taken to increase the fertility rate are. South Korea is a country with a very low fertility rate which is below the replacement level. This demographic situation causes the ageing of the Korean population. The paper shows the contemporary family policy, the analysis of sociodemographic indicators and the analysis based on the data from the Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and Families in the two periods of time: in 2007 and 2018, in order to show changes in the fertility intentions among the Korean women – in the sociological perspective. The statistical analysis indicates that the majority of the respondents had no intentions of having children. The results indicate that the Korean government’s actions are not sufficient to create an environment supporting the family in fertility intentions and behaviour, which is reflected in the continued low fertility rate.

WSPÓŁCZESNA POLITYKA RODZINNA W KOREI POŁUDNIOWEJ. W KIERUNKU WZROSTU DZIETNOŚCI

Artykuł koncentruje się na ocenie skuteczności działań rządu koreańskiego na rzecz zwiększenia dzietności. Korea Południowa to kraj o bardzo niskim współczynniku dzietności, który znajduje się poniżej poziomu zastępowalności pokoleń. Ta sytuacja demograficzna powoduje starzenie się społeczeństwa Korei. W celu wykazania zmian intencji dzietności wśród Koreanek w perspektywie socjologicznej w artykule przedstawiono współczesną politykę rodzinną, analizę wskaźników socjodemograficznych oraz analizę opartą na danych z Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and Families w dwóch okresach: 2007 i 2018. Analiza statystyczna wskazuje, że w większości respondenci nie mieli intencji posiadania dzieci. Wyniki wskazują, że działania rządu koreańskiego nie są wystarczające do stworzenia środowiska wspierającego rodzinę w intencjach i zachowaniach związanych z dzietnością, co znajduje odzwierciedlenie w utrzymującym się na niskim poziomie współczynniku dzietności.

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