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Impact of Close Residence between Aging Parents and Adult Daughters on Grandchild Care and First Births

  • Korea Real Estate Review
  • 2025, 35(1), pp.7~27
  • Publisher : korea real estate research institute
  • Research Area : Social Science > Law > Law of Special Parts > Law of Real Estate
  • Received : January 10, 2025
  • Accepted : March 21, 2025
  • Published : March 31, 2025

Jung, Bo Seon 1

1건국대학교 부동산학과

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ABSTRACT

This study used a two-stage approach because grandchild care can only be performed after childbirth. The first stage of the analysis analyzed the association between the possibility of real grandchild care and proximity, meeting frequency, and interaction terms using data from KLoSA from 2012 to 2020. The second stage analyzed the effect of proximity approximating grandchild care support expectationson the possibility of the daughter’s first birth transition using data from KLoWA between2012 and 2020. The results of the first stage revealed that intergenerational proximity was closely related to the provision of grandchild care. Meanwhile, the results of the second stage indicate that the possibility of transition to first birth increases for women in their 20s and 30s compared with those in their 40s, for women in comfortable economic situations compared with those in difficult economic situations, for women who live in jeonse compared with those who rent, when tenure status improves, and when intergenerational proximity is high or increasing. Conversely, the possibility of transitioning to first birth decreases for those living in homes smaller than 60㎡ compared with those in homes larger than 85㎡. Therefore, policy considerations are needed for adequate housing areas and housing stabilization. In addition, the relative residential position of the family plays an important role in supporting grandchild care and the decision to give birth.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.