Labor force participation of married women in contemporary Korea

Ingu Pogon Nonjip. 1989 Dec;9(2):116-38.

Abstract

"This paper presents some results from the 1986 Family Life Survey of Korea. This survey was the first that was conducted in Korea with the specific purpose of understanding women's life cycle beyond marriage and fertility....A probability sample of 3,400 households representing the whole country were selected, [including] interviews of ever-married women of ages 15 to 64.... The survey collected information on household composition, with basic characteristics of members of household including health status....marriage history, including how husbands were selected, pregnancy history including the age of children when they first left home and reason for leaving home, contraceptive use, health, and women's employment at different stages of life." (SUMMARY IN KOR)

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors*
  • Asia
  • Asia, Eastern
  • Behavior
  • Birth Rate
  • Contraception
  • Contraception Behavior*
  • Data Collection*
  • Decision Making*
  • Demography
  • Developing Countries
  • Economics
  • Employment*
  • Family
  • Family Characteristics*
  • Family Planning Services
  • Fertility*
  • Health*
  • Korea
  • Life Cycle Stages*
  • Marital Status*
  • Marriage
  • Population
  • Population Characteristics
  • Population Dynamics
  • Reproductive History*
  • Research
  • Sampling Studies
  • Social Class
  • Socioeconomic Factors