Research

Recent studies have reported that marriage and childbirth experiences are stratified by socioeconomic factors. This study empirically analyzed trends in marriage and childbirth experiences and values ​​in Jeju and socioeconomic factors using the raw data from the Statistics Korea's "Population and Housing Census" and "Social Survey." The results of the study revealed that generational and socioeconomic factors work differently across the nation and Jeju, and between men and women. In particular, while the generational gap in marriage and childbirth values ​​in Jeju has gradually decreased, for men, the influence of education and employment on marriage has recently strengthened or been maintained, and while home ownership is an important positive factor in men's marriage and childbirth values, for women, education and employment still act as negative factors in marriage and childbirth. In addition, it was revealed that there is a significant gap between the marriage and childbirth values ​​and actual experiences of men and women in Jeju. Based on these results, policy interventions are needed to prevent inequality in marriage and childbirth that is stratified according to an individual's socioeconomic background, to prevent people from delaying or giving up on marriage or childbirth despite wanting to get married or have children, and four implications were suggested: △ expanding the possibility of social class mobility through education and employment, △ expanding the possibility of balancing education, employment, marriage, and childcare, △ strengthening housing stability, and △ creating a sociocultural environment to alleviate the gender gap.