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lifeatall.
Singlesneedfamilies
Like the wrong images of the singles
and their luxurious lifestyle usually
promoted by the media, there is another
misunderstanding point the singles.
Normally people think about the single
▲Foodproductsandhomeappicancesareintroducedforsingle-households.
households being very independent and
connected with some problems. Young
household in four groups, including
having strong individualistic character.
singles face youth unemployment,
the gold mister and gold miss. The first
It is considered that singles make their
middle aged singles suffer from family
group consists of 20s who prepare for
decision to live alone for a better life.
disorganization, and old singles are
theirmarriageandfuturelife.University
A research by LG Economic Research
exposedtoseveredepression.
students, job seekers or job starters live
Institute, ‘Lifestyle of one-person
alone around the university downtown
householdsinKoreaandJapan’in2011,
or Gosichon. Especially singles who
says singles show preference of living
Singlesbehindthelight
prepare examinations for jobs gather
aloneduetotheircharacter.
Actually, fancy and superior single
for the better accessibility to hakwon,
However, this fact does not mean
men and women, the so called “gold
private educational institutes. These
that the singles do not need their
mister” and “gold miss” who can afford
people lack the financial ability due
own families. Yang pointed out the
trendylifewiththeirstableandsufficient
to their circumstances, so they cannot
misunderstanding. “It is hard to define
source of income are not the majority
affordthesinglelifestylesthatweseeon
that the repulsion on the patriarchic
of the single households. Those people
TV.
aspects of the traditional family
are not close to our real world. Actually
The second group is single men and
system exists deep inside the society.
quitemanypeopleworkinsalesposition
singlewomenfrom30sto50screatedby
Actually people still want to have their
or service industry and their monthly
family problems. These people usually
own family. And it is one of the most
wage are not enough compared to the
face economic hardships. Some became
importantfactorsintheirhappiness,”she
average salary of non-single households
asinglebecausetheyaredivorced,some
said. Actually singles want to belong to
per person, according to the research
lefttheirfamilytoeconomicallysupport
their families. For example, the major
of Seoul. In reality, 45.1 percent of the
their children’s’ education, and some
goal of the 20s group mentioned above
single household lives on less than one
people live apart because of financial
million won, and 31 percent on more
obstacles. Being apart from families,
Singles’Income
than one but less than two million
they have to get through economical
won for a month. On the other hand,
challenges without support of the
the portion of the people who live on
families.
3
more than two million won is only 23.9
The third group consists of the
1
23.9%
percent. These figures indicate that
elderly who live alone. They are also
45.1%
most single households are not in good
unstable economically. As the social
conditioneconomically.
responsibility for supporting old parents
Experts also analyzed that most of
seems to lighten, the old who have to
2
the singles are not living the fancy
earn their own living is increasing.
31%
life. “Singles who can afford luxury
According to Business Research team
lifestyle are less than a quarter of the
of KB Financial Group, 44.5 percent of
whole singles. The majority of them are
elderly people earn living themselves.
1.Singleswiththeincomeoflessthan
financiallyoppressed,”saidYangJeong-
This tendency will be maintained. A
onemillionwonamonth.
seon,aresearchmemberofGyeonggido
lot of experts predict that the number of
2.Singles the income of more than
Family & Women Research Institute
arebutlessthantwomillionwonfor
the senior citizens who live alone will
amonth.
(GFWRI).
increase in high degree. Actually those
3.Singles with the income of over two
Experts usually classify the single
singlesinrealityarenotconnectedfancy
millionwonamonth.
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