This study starts with a sense of the problem of the ''Aging Phenomenon of Migrants''. This study analyzed ‘Marriage Migrant Women''s Preparation for Old Age’ through a three-step process. First, analyzes the factors that influence marriage migrant women’s preparation for old age. Second, verifies whether there is a difference in preparation for old age by marital status. Third, check out whether there is a moderation effect of socioeconomic status factors on preparation for old age by marital status. To perform this, this study used data from the ‘National Survey of Multicultural Families 2018’ and conducted three research methods like ‘Descriptive Statistics’, ‘Cross Tabulation Analysis’ and ‘Multiple Regression’. The results of the analysis are as follows.
First, The present population distribution of marriage migrant women is 35.06% in their 40s and 50s. It means that they are about to enter the elderly population in 10-20 years. However, 42.50% of them said that they are not preparing for old age. Second, the group without a spouse has a lower percentage of respondents saying that they are preparing for old age than the group with a spouse. In addition, their employment stability and income are low than the group with a spouse. In short, the group without a spouse is more vulnerable not only in preparation for old age but also in the overall area of life than the group with a spouse. Third, Marital status, personal characteristics(age, naturalization status), economic factors(wage, household income, housing assets, subjective social status), psychological factors(subjective health status, children), and social factors(support service experience, social relations, Korean language ability) affect marriage migrant women''s preparation for old age. In particular, in marital status, the group without a spouse has low preparation for old age. Finally, the moderation effect of socioeconomic factors such as wages and subjective social status is also greater in the group without a spouse.
This result suggests that policy that takes into account the marital status and characteristics of marriage migrant women will lead their preparation for old age in a positive way.