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Spatial Distribution of Ethnic Enclaves in Korea

민성희 1 AHN, YONGJIN 2 박정호 3

1국토연구원
2대구대학교
3남가주대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to analyze spatial distribution of multicultural family in Korea. This study focused on ethnic enclaves which are identified spatial clusters at the level of eup-myeon-dong by LISA analysis and binary logit regression. The main results are as follows: First, spatial distribution of ethnic enclaves significantly vary by their home country. Second, Chinese enclaves are generally located in Seoul Metropolitan Area (SMA) showing high residential ratio of Chinese multicultural family. Third, while Vietnamese enclaves are considerably concentrated in Daegyeong or Dongnam region, Philippine enclaves are along the west side of Korea, especially, ChungCheong and Jeolla region. Lastly, Japanese enclaves are concentrated in SMA and its surrounding areas in Gangwon or Chungnam region revealing relatively high residential ratio of Japanese multicultural family. These results are supported by binary logit analysis. These findings are expected to contribute to establishing future policies to support social assimilation of multicultural families and to enhance their living conditions centered on ethnic enclaves in Korea.

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