It turns out that the traditional perception that 'children must take care of old parents' has faded, and now it has become an old saying.

With the rapid change of society, the family consciousness weakens and the small and nuclear families become deeper, and the values ​​of parental support for our people are rapidly changing.

According to the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs and the Social Welfare Research Institute of Seoul National University's '2019 Basic Analysis Report on Korean Welfare Panels', 4 out of 10 households participating in the survey showed that they oppose the responsibility of their dependent children.

The research team surveyed 6,331 households in February-May 2019 to see if they agree that their children are responsible for bringing their parents.

As a result, in response to the view that 'the responsibility to take the parent is entirely on the child', the 'opposite' response was 40.94% (opposite 35.14%, very opposing 5.80%), and the 'yes' answer was 23.34% (approved 20.21%, highly agreed 3.13 %).

35.73% of respondents said, "I do not agree or disagree."

The results of these surveys did not differ significantly by income group.

Looking at the types of households by income, it was found that the opposite ratio of children's responsibility to support their parents was 43.07% for low-income households (less than 60% of median income) and 40.72% for ordinary households.