Correlates of Contemporary Gender Preference for Children in South Koreaopen access
- Authors
- Seo, Giyeon; Koropeckyj-Cox, Tanya; Kim, Sanghag
- Issue Date
- Mar-2022
- Publisher
- WILEY
- Citation
- POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW, pp.161 - 188
- Indexed
- SSCI
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW
- Start Page
- 161
- End Page
- 188
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/139332
- DOI
- 10.1111/padr.12458
- ISSN
- 0098-7921
- Abstract
- This study explores gender preference for children in South Korea, where a strong, traditional son preference has recently shifted to a greater preference for daughters or no preference. Using data from the 2008 Panel Study on Korean Children (PSKC; N = 1,836) and 2012 Korean General Social Survey (KGSS; N = 1,355), we examined social and attitudinal correlates of child gender preference, including kinship patterns, perceived prospects for the future, and attitudes about the value of children, including potentially gendered expectations. Logistic regressions of child gender preference showed that mothers receiving support from maternal grandparents reported lower son preference (PSKC). Attitudes about both the instrumental (social, economic) and emotional value of children were also related to son preference. In the KGSS, individuals who preferred sons reported more traditional gender attitudes, positive future prospects, and greater expectations of help in old age and were more likely to be men, older, rural, or Buddhist. There were few differences between those who favored a daughter compared to no preference. Overall, the decline in son preference appears to reflect shifts in intergenerational relations and societal changes that have redefined the meaning and value of children in the context of economic uncertainties, very low fertility, and population aging.
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