1 in 5 households to have breadwinner over 80 in 30 years
ㄴ household: 가계, 가구
ㄴ breadwinner: (가계에서) 돈버는 사람
While South Korea is on track to become a "super-aged society" by 2025, with over 20 percent of the population aged 65 years or older, one in five households in South Korea will have a breadwinner aged 80 or older, recent data showed.
* 초고령사회: 전체 인구 중 65세 이상 인구가 20% 이상인 사회
Future household projections for the period of 2022 to 2052 by Statistics Korea revealed Sunday that the number of households with a primary caregiver aged 80 or older is expected to increase from 1.194 million in 2022 to 4.876 million in 2052, marking a fourfold increase within three decades.
ㄴ reveal: 드러내다, 폭로하다 (=disclose)
ㄴ fourfold: 4배 (four+fold)
Such speculations come due to the rapid aging of the population and the fact that second-generation baby boomers will then be entering their 80s and older, the research suggested. Korea defines second-generation baby boomers as those born between 1964 and 1974, when the country experienced a sharp increase in birth rates.
This means that elderly households with members aged over 80 will account for 20.9 percent of the country's total households, which are predicted to reach some 23.2 million in 2052. The group accounted for 5.5 percent of the total population in 2022.
ㄴ account: 계좌, 간주하다, 여기다
ㄴ account for: 차지하다
When expanding the age of the breadwinner of the family to 65 and older, or that which the international society largely considers "elderly," the study projects that 11.78 million households in the country -- nearly half of all households in 2052 -- to be 65 years and older.
ㄴ project: v. 예측하다, 반영하다, 비추다
The median age of a household head in 2052 is expected to be 65.4 years old.
ㄴ median age: 중위연령
On the other hand, the number of young breadwinners, those aged 30 or younger, is projected to decline from 4.98 million in 2022 to 3 million by 2039 and 2.74 million by 2052. Their share of total households will shrink from 23 percent to 11.8 percent.
As the elderly continue to age, their income and asset formation are insufficient, leading to a high rate of elderly poverty in Korea, the study added.
ㄴ insufficient: 불충분한
According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Korea Development Institute, Korea's elderly poverty rate, calculated as disposable income, was 43.4 percent in 2018, the highest among OECD member countries. This is three times higher than the OECD's average elderly poverty rate of 13.1 percent.
ㄴ disposable income: 가처분소득
To alleviate elderly poverty, the basic pension should focus on elderly people who have not benefited from economic growth and the pension system, a KDI researcher concluded.
ㄴ alleviate: 완화하다
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🔎 출처: 코리아헤럴드, 최정윤 기자
https://n.news.naver.com/article/044/0000261400?cds=news_edit
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