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Principal Investigator(s)

Park, Kyung Sook / Department of Sociology, Dong-a University

Producer(s)

The Institute for East Asian Studies, Dong-A University

Abstract

This is the transcribed data of the conference conducted among field professionals in charge of executing policies on poverty to understand the recent trends on the sites of poverty and their opinions on poverty policies including civil servants and professionals from local social welfare agencies and citizen’s organizations.
The conference was conducted in the two regions of Gyeongnam and Busan. For the Gyeongam area conference civil servants representing the 6 areas of Gyeongnam (Masan-si, Milyang-si, Jinji-si, Namgae-gun, Euiryeong-gun, Sangcheong-gun) were invited and was attended by a total of 4 representatives one each from Jinju-si and Namgae-gun and 2 representatives from Sanchung-gun. The conference in the Busan area was attended by representatives from the traditionally poor and public rental apartment areas as well as 2 representatives from social support agencies.
The format of the conference was made up of an answering session of pre-prepared questions followed by a discussion, and the questions included topics on the characteristics and causes of poverty in given regions, new tendencies of poverty, problems with qualifications of welfare recipients, policy on poverty, and political opinions. The Gyeongnam area conference was held on November 25th and the Busan area conference was held on December 9th of 2005 for the duration of 3 to 4 hours based on pre-prepared questionnaires.

Keywords

Busan Metropolitan City Gyeongnam social support network Ulsan Metropolitan City Yeongnam health care diseases health family relations parent-child relationship marriage birth (pregnancy) child rearing child care education educational inequality inequality in education aged the aged job training social welfare welfare recipients inequality class structure residential environment poverty panel survey

Subjects

Poverty/ Welfare

Series

Survey on the Living Conditions of Low Income Families in Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam Areas

Citation

Park, Kyung Sook. Records of the Expert Group Conference on Poverty Policies in Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam Areas, 2005 [Dataset]. The Institute for East Asian Studies, Dong-A University [Producers]. Korea Social Science Data Archive (KOSSDA) [Distributors], 2008-01-14, https://doi.org/10.22687/KOSSDA-B3-2005-0002-V1.0.

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