Abstract
Excessive marriage-related expenses have become a serious social problem in South Korea. This has led to marriage delay, a low birthrate, the acceleration of an aging society, decreased national economic growth, and employment problems, among others. In South Korea, the young unmarried men and women cannot adequately prepare to shoulder the excessive expenses related to getting married in the future, as well as the high cost of purchasing a house. In fact, almost all of them are being supported by their parents in their marriage preparations or have secured a loan for such purposes. Small weddings and desirable consumption are thus aggressively being promoted for the prevention of excessive marriage-related expenses in South Korea. The reality, however, is very different. In this study, 1,000 persons (500 men, 500 women) in Seoul, South Korea with less than 5 years of marriage were surveyed for the analysis of excessive marriage-related expenses. The analysis results show that marriage expense support has long-term reciprocity and is statistically significant. The economic support beneficiary model is statistically significant both among the men and the women for childcare, housework, and economic support provision. The economic support provision model, on the other hand, is statistically significant among both the men and the women in terms of housework support.This paper discusses and presents the policy direction for addressing the problem of excessive marriage-related expenses in South Korea. It is believed that the policy direction proposed by this study will also have global implications and will become useful for addressing the problem of excessive marriage-related expenses through research result sharing.
Highlights
Marriage is decided through mutual agreement between a man and a woman (Mair, 2006)
Marriage, and childbirth abandonment have become social buzzwords and serious social problems in South Korea, and excessive marriage-related expenses is the major cause of marriage abandonment
The marriage rate is decreasing and the birthrate is continuously becoming lower due to the indefinite marriage delay or the decision not to get married at all
Summary
The same sex marriage is legally recognized in many Western countries (United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, etc.). It should gain social recognition, which is realized through the wedding, a form of social announcement of a couple’s marriage in front of the couple’s family members, relatives, friends, colleagues, acquaintances, etc (Lin, et al, 2017; Wong, 2003). According to the research report (2016) of the Ministry of Gender Equality & Family (MOGEF) of South Korea, the average cost of marriage for the South Korean men is USD152,685, and that for the South Korean women is USD82,212. The high cost of purchasing a house http://ibr.ccsenet.org
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