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Single-person households have lower quality of life: study
1인 가구 삶의 질이 더 낮다는 연구 결과
Posted : 2022-04-19 10:53
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By Lee Hae-rin

Yoo Jae-mun, a 33-year-old office worker who has been living alone for three years and recently moved to Gangneung, Gangwon Province, has been struggling to find healthy food to eat.
3년 째 혼자 살고 있는 직장인 유재문 씨(33)는 최근에 강원도 강릉으로 이사했는데, 건강에 좋은 음식을 찾으려고 애쓰고 있다.


He said he has difficulty eating healthy because he finds it hard to buy vegetables and other ingredients in small enough portions for one person at grocery stores. Most items usually come in bigger quantities suitable for at least two people. He faces similar problems when he dines out and orders delivery foods.
유 씨는 건강한 음식 섭취에 어려움을 겪고 있는데 왜냐하면 식료품점에서 1인분에 적합한 적은 양의 야채와 기타 식재료를 사기가 어렵기 때문이다. 물품 대부분은 보통 최소 2인에게 적합하게 더 많은 양으로 판매된다. 유 씨는 외식하거나 배달 음식을 시킬 때도 비슷한 문제에 직면한다.


A Seoul-based office worker, who wished to be identified only by her surname Kim who has been living alone for 10 years, also admitted a problem facing single-person households.
서울에서 회사에 다니는 직장인 김 씨는 10년 째 혼자 살고 있는데 역시 1인 가구가 겪는 문제를 인정했다.


"People may think that living alone wouldn't require doing a lot of chores, but the amount and variety of housekeeping tasks are equivalent to those of multi-person households. And there is no one to share the load," Kim said, explaining how skipping a few days of doing housework on busy days could easily mushroom.
김 씨는 바쁜 날에 집안일을 며칠 거르면 일이 어떻게 곧장 급속히 많아지는지를 설명하며 "사람들은 혼자 살면 집안일이 별로 없을 거라고 생각하지만, 살림의 양과 다양성은 다인 가구와 맞먹는다. 또한 의무를 나눌 사람도 없다"고 말했다.


Like Yoo and Kim, a recent article by in the Korean Journal of Family Practice (KJFP) by a research team from the department of family science at Asan Medical Center found that single-person households are more likely to experience a lower quality of life than people living with others, while single men tend to have it worse than single women.
유 씨와 김 씨처럼, 서울아산병원의 가정의학과 연구팀에 의한 대한가정의학회지 저널의 최근 기사는 1인 가구가 여럿으로 구성된 다인 가구보다 더 낮은 삶의 질을 경험할 가능성이 높으며, 그 중에서도 남성 1인 가구가 여성 1인 가구보다 삶의 질이 더 나쁘다고 밝혔다.


The research analyzed the health data of 17,478 adult Korean nationals from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2016 to 2018.
이 연구는 2016년~2018년 국민건강영양조사를 이용해 1만7천478명의 국내성인의 건강 자료를 분석했다.


KEY WORDS
■ household (한 집에 사는 사람들을 일컫는) 가정
■ portion (음식의) 1인분
■ dine out 외식[식사]을 하다
■ skip (일을) 거르다[빼먹다]
■ mushroom 급속히 커지다
■ chore 허드렛일, 잡일

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