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KIHASA Holds 15th Korea Welfare Panel Study Conference

  • Date 2022-12-15
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KIHASA held the 15th Korea Welfare Panel Study Conference jointly with Seoul National University Social Wefare Research Center on September 29 from 11:00 am and broadcast it on its official YouTube channel. This conference was held online only.


The first session, lasting from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm, discussed three topics of mental health, health, and older persons, with two presentations on each topic, including:

  • Longitudinal Study of Depressed Symptoms and Work-Life Balance Perception among Married Women, Kim Tae-yeon, Choongnam University

  • The Long-term Influences of Housing Conditions on Adults' Health Outcomes, Cho Young-min, Ehwa Womans University

  • Does Sufficient Social (formal/informal) Care Sustain Aging in Place?, Hyun Daun, Sungkonghoe University

This session was followed by opening remarks by Lee Tae Soo, president of KIHASA, congratulatory remarks by Han Dong-woo, chairperson of the Korea Academy of Social Welfare, and an award ceremony of graduate students' academic papers. From 1:40 pm, professor Noh Byeop-rae from Semyung University delivered a special lecutre on a study of life history using KOWEP: Sequency analysis and its expansion.

In session 2, there were 3 presentations on each of three topics of child, poverty, and inequality, including:

  • Academic Stress and Life Satisfaction in High School Students: Mediating Effects of the Psychosocial School Environment, Lee Sang-jeong, KIHASA

  • The Effects of Alternative Income Security Programs on Income Distribution and Income Mobility, Lee Won-jin, KIHASA

  • Covid-19 and the Mental Health of Children: Focusing on Child Non-economic Social Exclusion, Kim So-eun, Head, Little-by-little Love Sharing Association

In session 3, there was a presentation by Kim Hyun-kyung, research fellow at KIHASA, on job characteristics and associated social risks, and another presentations by graduate students, including:

  • Study for Prediction of Depression: Focusing on Covid-19 and Machine Learning, Hong Min-joon, Seoul National Univresity

  • A Study on Classification of Welfare Attitude and Consistency in Responses, Kim Jae-hyun, Yonsei University

  • Structural Heterogeneity in Belief about Poverty: Schematic Differences between Political Ideology and Support for Governmental Spending, Kim Il-song, Korea University

The Korea Welfare Panel was jointly embarked on in 2006 by KIHASA and Seoul National University integrating three existing panels, one on self-support, another on poverty, and another on welfare. Since then, this year marks the 17th wave. 


KIHASA president Lee said in his remarks, "Korea Welfare Panel covers every corner of our society including Jeju Island and all rural households and provides useful data for poverty study by oversampling poor households. Though we cannot meet in person due to Covid-19, I believe even more are participating than before online to share the outcomes of their respective research and analysis. As a venue for sharing research outcomes and ideas for the development of our country's welfare policy, I hope this conference will grow further as time goes on."


"The demand for Korea Welfare Panel Study by scholars and experts is increasing as it covers a wide range of people's living standards and welfare needs. I would like to take this opportunity to thank those who have shown their support and interest in the Panel, thanks to which it became Korea's representative panel in social sciences," said Hong Bak-ui of SNU Social Welfare Research Center.

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