이혼율에 영향을 주는 사회경제적 변인연구

Explaining the general divorce rate in Korea, the study offers new findings on the hypothesized relationship between divorce rate and socio-economic factors. On the basis of theoretical and empirical precedence, four major factors are considered as predictors of divorce rates at the societal level, GRDP per capita, the female labor force participation rate, the sex ratio and housing rent(weolsei). Contrary to the findings of previous studies, the least squares dummy variable regression analysis of the data between 1992 and 2006 shows the GRDP per capita and the sex ratio are not related to the divorce rate. The female labor force participation rate and female unemployment rate also have no statistically significant effect on the general divorce rate. In contrast, an increased male unemployment rate makes the divorce rate go up, opposing the longstanding belief that the divorce rate rises in periods of prosperity and falls during economic recessions. Regression analysis of the panel data reveals that the rent price increase for houses would keep the divorce rate up. As a result stronger influence on the divorce rate in Korea are economic well-being of a family.