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Video Description

Type: KIHASA Policy Featurette

Topic: The reason why Mr. So-and-so takes his phone to the bathroom

Guest Speakers: Kim Se-jin, Head, Center for Research on Old-age Policy, KIHASA; Yoo Jae-Un, Professor of Social Welfare, Gachon University; Song In-joo, Senior Research Fellow, Seoul Welfare Foundation

Transcript

Song:

Middle-aged and older one-person households fare far worse than multi-person households in terms of employment and economic status, and overall living conditions. Compared to multi-person households, one-person households report lower satisfaction with their consumption and work experiences. 

Yoo:

Middle-aged people living alone tend to live in much smaller homes than households with two or more people. Not surprisingly, the quality of these living spaces is often far lower. 

Kim:

The most common concern among the middle-aged and older individuals we interviewed was how to deal with emergencies. For instance, many said they take their mobile phones into the bathroom with them because they fear falling unexpectedly. They would never know when or where they might fall.