7 Out of 10 Yeongam Residents Satisfied With Quality of Life

'2024 Social Survey' Released
Positive Reviews for Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Childcare Welfare

Yeongam County, Jeollanam-do (Governor Woo Seunghee) has published the results of the "2024 Yeongam County Social Survey," which examined the quality of life of residents, related social issues, and subjective perceptions, on its official website.

According to the survey results released on the 6th, 69.4% of Yeongam residents rated their "satisfaction with life" at 6 points or higher out of 10, showing a 2.2%P increase in satisfaction compared to the previous year. In the "frequency of happiness" category, 63.8% of residents gave a score of 6 or higher.

Both low-income and high-income households saw an increase in income. Households with an "average monthly income" of 2 million KRW or more accounted for 70.3%, and high-income households with 5 million KRW or more accounted for 10.7%, representing increases of 2.9%P and 4.6%P, respectively, compared to the previous survey.

Yeongam County Office Building Exterior View

Among social welfare services, 26.1% of residents responded that "welfare for pregnancy, childbirth, and childcare" is well provided, marking a 5.0%P increase from 2022. The "total fertility rate," which indicates the average number of children a woman is expected to have during her reproductive years (15-49), had been declining since 2019 but rose to 1.009 in 2023, up from 0.95 the previous year.

One disappointing aspect is that Yeongam County's "resident registration population" decreased to 52,350, down from 52,395 the previous year. On the other hand, the "number of households" increased by 464 to 28,817 from 28,353 the previous year, indicating a rise in single-person households.

Yeongam residents' solutions to local issues were also surveyed. For population increase policies, the priorities were: expansion of support for childcare and education expenses for infants and young children, support for housing costs for young people, support for work-life balance systems, expansion of marriage support payments, and expansion of support for pregnancy and childbirth. For youth support policies, the priorities were job counseling and placement, support for housing costs, and support for job search allowances.

89% of residents responded that their sense of belonging and pride is average or higher. The most important life concerns were health issues (37.2%), retirement issues (23.1%), and economic issues (15.0%).

Living expenses that residents found burdensome included food, medical, housing, and transportation costs. Preferred educational programs were table tennis, badminton, singing, laughter therapy recreation, yoga, and computer classes. Desired cultural events were concerts, resident participation performances, movies, and traditional performances, in that order.

Park Youngha, head of the Autonomous Administration Division, said, "It is encouraging that the effects of the 'Comprehensive Plan to Make Yeongam a Good Place to Raise Children,' promoted by the 8th popularly elected Yeongam County, are being reflected in tangible indicators such as welfare for pregnancy, childbirth, and childcare," and added, "We will do our best to support the wishes of Yeongam residents, as reflected in the social survey, through policy."

Details of this survey, which has a sampling error margin of 95% and a confidence level of ±5.26%, can be found on the Yeongam County website. The survey was conducted from August 30 to September 11 last year, targeting household heads and members aged 15 or older in 828 sample households in Yeongam County, covering 46 items including life satisfaction, population, income, consumption, education, safety, environment, medical care, and social welfare.

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