농촌 주민의 노인 돌봄 제공 의향과 수용의사금액 분석

• Published in: 농촌경제 Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 51 - 69
• Main Authors: 김남훈, 조승연, 하혜지
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 한국농촌경제연구원 31.03.2021
• Subjects: community care; contingent valuation method; interval regression; ordered logistic regression; willingness to accept; WTA; 구간 회귀모형; 농업경제학; 수용의사금액; 순위 로지스틱 회귀모형; 조건부 가치평가법; 지역사회 돌봄
• ISSN: 1229-8263; 2713-9506

Community care led by rural residents is emerging as an alternative to overcome the flawed care system for the elderly in rural areas. However, no paper has studied whether rural residents would participate in providing care for the rural elderly. In this study, we investigate whether rural residents are willing to provide community care to the elderly who need care and evaluate the amount of the willingness to accept it. For this purpose, we conducted empirical analyses by using (ordered) logistic and interval regressions with the survey of 586 farmers living in rural areas. The result shows that 60% of respondents were willing to provide care to the elderly and the amount of the willingness to accept (WTA) for providing care was around 5,000 won. It also shows that residents who had economic difficulties or needed non-agricultural income tended to participate in care. Female and younger residents also expressed a higher amount of WTA　because they could work with higher wages in other jobs. For the policy implication, we suggest that the government cooperate with rural communities to support sufficient compensation for part-time care services so that more rural residents can participate in community care.