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Residential Environmental Factors Influencing
Fertility Intention of Newlyweds in South Korea
Seran Jeon 1 , Myounghoon Lee 1 , and Seiyong Kim 1, *
Korea University, Anam‐dong, Seongbuk‐gu, Seoul, 136‐713, South Korea
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* Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +82‐2‐3290‐3914
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to quantitatively analyze the residential environmental factors
that affect the fertility intention of newlyweds (within 5 years of marriage) to find the political
implications for effective housing policy. We extracted the factors of the residential environment
based on fertility theories and previous related studies. We identified differential characteristics of the
impact on fertility intention for the first and additional child(ren). As a result, the fertility intention
was higher in non‐metropolitan households and lease households. And there was a significant
relationship between the expected period of house purchase and fertility intention. In particular, for
one‐child families, the second child fertility intention was significantly affected by the residential
environment. In conclusion, we quantitatively confirmed various residential environmental factors
that distinctly impact on the newlyweds’ fertility plan. We suggest that the government need to
implement housing policies based on economic stability, number of children, and residential
environment of the newlywed couples.
Keywords: The Newlyweds, Fertility Intention, Residential Environmental Factors, Housing Policy
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