ABSTRACT

Although the proportion of people who agree with the necessity of marriage has continuously declined over recent decades in South Korea, the contribution of cohort changes in attitudes toward marriage has not been examined. Using a descriptive age-period-cohort-detrended model and nationally representative cross-sectional data pooled from 1998 to 2014 (N = 193,610), this study investigates unique cohort effects and variation by gender. The results show that cohorts born in the 1960s and 1970s are less likely to see marriage as imperative than their previous and following cohorts. Such cohort effects are more pronounced in women than men. These findings suggest that cohorts whose formative experiences contribute to the liberalisation of attitudes tend to have liberal attitudes toward marriage.

摘要

尽管在近几十年来，韩国人同意结婚的必要性的比例一直在下降，但尚未研究同类人群对婚姻态度的改变。使用描述性的年龄-同期-队列-趋势模型和1998年至2014年收集的全国代表性横断面数据（N  = 193,610），本研究调查了独特的队列效应和性别差异。结果表明，与之前和之后的队列相比，出生于1960和1970年代的队列不太可能将婚姻视为当务之急。女性比男性更显着的这种队列效应。这些发现表明，其形成经历有助于态度自由化的人群倾向于对婚姻持自由态度。