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In Korea, the cremation rate has continued to increase since 2000, and the facilities for storing cremated remains have also increased. As with cemeteries, the government is seeking alternatives to the problem of the increasing area occupied by enshrinement facilities and JA-YEON-JANG sites. Despite the government's efforts, not only public enshrinement facilities but also public JA-YEON-JANG sites where cremated powder is buried in the ground are full, and the number of places that can no longer be occupied is increasing. Accordingly, the Minister of Health and Welfare established and announced the '2023-2027 3rd Comprehensive Funeral Facility Supply and Demand Plan' on January 6, 2023 to solve the problem of public enshrinement facilities and public JA-YEON-JANG sites occupying space and land. One of the policy tasks that has been attracting attention since the enactment and announcement by the Minister of Health and Welfare is the "Institutionalization and Revitalization of Scattering Ashes." In this study, one of the treatment methods, Scattering Ashes, was investigated, and in the consumer awareness survey, statistical analysis was conducted using survey data. After investigating the degree of consumer awareness, and conducted a regression analysis on the factors that influenced consumers' awareness among gender, age, education, religion, and occupation. As a result of the analysis, the awareness of Scattering Ashes in the independent variable 'age' showed significant results, and in particular, the awareness of '40s' and '50s and older' was 2% and 22% higher than that of '20s', respectively. It is hoped that the results of the analysis will be used as good data for the introduction of the 'Scattering Ashes system'.