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The Gerontologist, Vol 32, Issue 2 197-202, Copyright © 1992 by The Gerontological Society of America

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The status of the aged in Korea: are the modern more advantaged?

SH Hong and PM Keith
Department of Sociology, Iowa State University, Ames 50011.

Using individual modernity as a measure of modernization and decision- making power to assess the status of the aged at the micro level, this study examines how modernity, family environment, and demographic characteristics affect the status of the aged in the extended family. Data are analyzed from a sample of 252 Korean elderly living with one of their married children. In contrast to findings at the societal level, this research indicates that individual modernity is associated with higher status of the aged. Individual modernity may become an important resource in negotiating for decision-making power with adult children.




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