Korea journal of population studies (한국인구학)

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Wife-older Marriage and Economic Factors : Empirical Analysis

우리나라 여성연상 결혼의 경제적 요인 : 실증분석

  • 성낙일 (서울시립대학교 경제학부) ;
  • 조동혁 (서울시립대학교 대학원 경제학과)
  • Received : 2010.06.29
  • Accepted : 2010.08.12
  • Published : 2010.12.31
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Abstract

This study examines difference in age at marriage between spouses and more importantly, investigates into the economic and social factors affecting the ratio or probability of wife-older marriages. Empirical analysis is carried out by applying both logit model and multinomial logit model to an independently pooled cross-section over 2004-2007. The data was collected mainly from the micro data service system of the Statistics Korea. Empirical results indicate that a wife-older marriage was more likely as a wife was more educated and was a larger income earner than a husband. On the other hand, a wife's educational and income level themselves had few systematic relationships with the probability of a wife-older marriage. The probability of a wife-older marriage tended to decrease(increase) when a husband's(a wife's) marriage was the second' The study calculates the average marginal effect of difference in the income level between spouses on the probability of a wife-older marriage, which is -0.007. That is, the probability of a wife-older marriage increases by 0.7% as a husband's income level is 1 million Korean Won less than a wife's. This results presents empirical evidence against widely distributed misconception on wife-older marriage in the mass media.

본 연구는 2004~2007년 기간 중 혼인통계에 관한 통계청의 마이크로데이터서비스시스템 원자료를 사용해 지역, 교육수준, 직종, 결혼종류 등 각 항목별로 남녀 결혼연령차 및 여성연상혼 현황을 분석하고, 여성연상혼에 영향을 미친 결정요인을 로짓모형(logit model)과 다항로짓모형 (multinomial logit model)을 활용해 고찰한다. 본 연구의 분석결과에 따르면, 여성연상혼은 여성의 교육수준이나 직종 자체보다는 남녀의 교육수준 차이나 소득차이와 더 큰 관련성을 갖고있는 것으로 나타났다. 즉 여성연상혼은 여성의 교육수준과 직종(소득)이 남성보다 우월할 때 더 많이 발생하였다. 보다 구체적으로, 남성의 소득이 여성보다 100만원 더 적을 경우에 여성연상혼 확률은 0.7% 가량 증가하였다. 동갑혼 선택확률의 결정요인은 여성연상혼과 비교해 약간 차이가 났다. 예를 들어, 여성이 재혼인 경우에는 남성연상혼과 비교해 여성연상혼 선택확률은 증가하였지만 동갑혼 선택확률은 감소하였다. 본 연구는 그간 일반 대중매체를 통해서 종종 논의되었던 사회적 관심문제를 과학적 분석방법을 통해 규명해본다는 점에 의의가 있다.

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