Married W omen’s Financial Support to Their Parents

Married W omen’s Financial Support to Their Parents

&nbsp;&nbsp;본 연구는 한국노동패널 7차년도 자료를 이용하여 비동거하는 친정부모에 대한 기혼여성의 경제적 지원여부 및 지원금액을 결정하는 요인을 분석하였다. 실증분석의 결과는 다음과 같다.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;첫째, 한국사회에서 친정부모에게 경제적인 지원을 하는 기혼여성은 40%에도 미치지 못하며, 경제적 지원 규모는 연평균 70만4천원 수준인 것으로 나타났다. 이는 아들과 그들의 부모들을 포함하여 분석한 선행연구들의 결과와 비교해보았을 때 매우 낮은 수준이다.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;둘째, 경제적지원 여부에는 부모님 방문빈도, 남편의 학력과 근로소득이 영향을 미치며, 경제적 지원금액에는 기혼여성의 교육수준, 근로소득, 6세미만의 자녀수, 부모님 방문빈도 그리고 남편의 근로소득이 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 경제적 지원 가능성에는 남편의 특성이, 지원금액에는 기혼여성의 특성이 상대적으로 주된 영향을 미치는 것으로 볼 수 있다. 셋째, 남편의 근로소득이 친정부모에 대한 경제적 지원의 가능성과 지원금액 모두에 정(+)의 영향을 미친다는 결과는 여성이 취업활동을 하지 않아도 남편의 근로소득이 충분하다면 친정부모에게 경제적 지원을 한다는 것을 시사한다. 이와 같은 측면에서 본다면 기혼여성의 취업과 소득은 친정부모에게 경제적 지원을 하는데 있어 반드시 기본전제가 되는 요인이 아닌 것으로 이해된다.

&nbsp;&nbsp;To investigate the factors of intergenerational financial support from married women who do not live together with parents to their parents, this study analyzed factors affecting whether there is married women’s financial support and the amount of support using the data of the 7th year(2004) of Korea Labor and Income Panel Study. The results of empirical analysis in this study are as follows.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;Firstly, married women’s financial support to their parents occurred less than 40% and the average annual amount of the married women’s support to their parents was 704,000 won. This is quite low compared to the results of previous researches that analyzed including sons and their parents.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;Secondly, the possibility of financial support was higher when married woman visited to their parents frequently and married woman’s husband had a high academic qualification and monthly income. The amount of support was affected by married women’s academic qualification(+), earned income(+), number of children younger than six years old(+), frequency of visit to parents(+) and husband’s earned income(+). That is, the possibility of financial support was determined by husband’s characteristics rather than woman’s ones. However, the amount of financial support was affected by woman’s characteristics and husband’s earned income.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;Thirdly, husbands’ earned income has a positive(+) effect on the possibility of married women’s financial support to their parents and the amount of support means that married women, even if unemployed, provide financial support to their parents if their husband’s earned income is sufficient. From this aspect, we can understand that women’s employment and income are not essential factors for their financial support to their parents.