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Thelackofsocialpoliciesandsupportservicesforyoung
more likely to emerge as a lonely and poor population
people afflicted with such anxiety does not guarantee a
rather than fancy, rich singles. According to a 2010
safe period for young people to adapt to society, which
reportbytheHRI(HyundaiResearchInstitute),in2010,
affectsthehighsuiciderateofyoungpeople.
53.99percentofsingle-personhouseholdshadanaverage
In foreign countries, there are projects and
monthlyincomelessthanonemillionwon.Additionally,
organizations to prevent loneliness, such as Japan’s
the occupation groups with the highest proportion of
solitudesystemprojectandregionalcomprehensivecare,
single-person households were the unemployed and
and France’s Monalisa organization, a national activity
unclassifiable (49.3 percent), followed by simple labor
workers (14.9 percent). The report determined that
groupcomposedofseniorpublicandprivateinstitutions
poverty becomes serious as single-person households
in France. However, these projects are mostly just for
havealow-incomeaverageandthegapbetweentherich
seniorcitizens.ProfessorParksaid,“Similarly,inKorea,
and poor tends to get wider. CEO Kim said, “Lonely
measures to prevent lonely deaths are concentrated on
deaths occur in areas with low-income levels among
the elderly class. This policy concentration phenomenon
single-person households such as studio apartments
isduetothevulnerabilityoftheelderly,whoareproneto
and goshiwons.” The number of people living alone is
social isolation, but on the other hand, there is a lack of
socialawarenessofyouthisolationandstatisticstoprove
increasing involuntarily due to the economic recession,
itsseriousness.
butifasuitablesocialsafetynetisnotestablished,social
problemsaremorelikelytooccur.
As such, the high proportion of single-person
TheGrowthofSingle-PersonHouseholds
households among young people is the cause of an
A major cause of youth lonely death is the increase of
unrelated society, which implies that it is difficult for
single-person households. According to the National
young people to form their identity and gain social
Statistical Office, as of 2019, the number of single-
experience through communication with other people.
personhouseholdsinKoreawas6.14million,withthree
It also means that young people are in an environment
out of 10 households being single-person households.
that breeds depression, loneliness, and helplessness
Furthermore, young people account for the largest
due to poverty and high unemployment rates. This
proportion of these single-person households. However,
psychologically isolated environment amplifies the
the statistics show that single-person households are
lonelinessofyoungpeople,puttingthematriskofdying
alone.
Solutions
DefiningLonelyDeathandAnalyzingReality
ⓒkoreanjoongangdaily
Whilethenumberofyouthlonelydeathsisincreasing,
societyisindifferent.Theunconcernreflectsthecurrent
situation in which it is difficult to find the concept,
standards, and statistical data of lonely deaths. The Act
on The Prevention and Management of Lonely Deaths
came into force in April 2021, and the definition of
solitude was made, but an accurate concept such as the
category of lonely death has not yet been established.
First, there is no unified regulation on when to
designate the type after death. This is because the post-
estimationmethoddiffersdependingonthesurrounding
environment such as the temperature and humidity
of the body as well as the season. Also, suicides are
▲Numberofsingle-personhouseholdsrisesconsistently.
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