The Quality of Life in Korea

The Quality of Life in Korea: Comparative and Dynamic Perspectives.- I. The Transformation of Korean Life.- Demographic Trends and Their Social Implications.- Social Change and Stratification.- Economic Crisis and Its Consequences.- Democratization and Its Consequences.- Stability and Change in Korean Values.- II. Quality of Life Across Life Domains.- Family Structure and Relations.- Religious Influences on Personal and Societal Well-Being.- Health and Health Care.- Educational Attainment and Policy.- Income, Consumption, and Poverty.- Changing Conditions and Quality of Housing.- Crime and Crime Control.- Social Welfare System.- Quality of Local Government and Democratic Citizenship.- Environmental Conditions and Governmental Fiscal Policy.- Media, The Public, and Freedom of the Press.- III. Quality of Life Across Population Groups.- Women in the Workplace: Gender and Wage Differentials.- Quality of Life Among Government Employees.- Value Consensus and Diversity Between Generations and Genders.- Patterns of Family Support and the Quality of Life of the Elderly.- Subjective Weil-Being Among College Students.- IV. The Quality of Korean Life in Comparative Perspective.- Objective Quality of Life in Korea and the OECD Countries.- Subjective Quality of Korean Life in 1981 and 2001.