Education and Occupation of South Korean Residents in Japan

ザイニチ カンコクジン ノ ガクレキ ト ショクギョウ

オオサカ ダイガク ニンゲン カガクブ シャカイガク ニンゲンガク ジンルイガク ケンキュウシツ

英語

エスニシティ

社会階層

社会調査

Korean residents in Japan

ethnicity

social stratification

social research

An attempt is made to introduce and discuss some basic characteristics of educational and occupational distributions of South Korean residents in Japan (“Zainichi-Kankoku-jin”). Data are drawn from “The 1993 Research of Consciousness among Korean Youth in Japan,” which is the first nationally representative sample of Korean residents to be conducted in this field. We also examine the issue of ethnic stratification by conducting a simple comparative analysis using similar data from Japanese respondents. Result shows that (1) no significant difference is observed between the education attainment level of Koreans and Japanese; (2) however, some inconsistent social forces which tend to oppress education at the higher stratum and push up education at the lower stratus are suggested; (3) occupational distribution suggests that a large percentage of earlier generation Koreans were forced into self-management positions; however (4), Korean youths do not exhibit significant differences from Japanese of the same age. These findings should be considered preliminary, for this research does not aim to elucidate ethnic stratification, and there are no Japanese data which are truly comparable. However this essay raises important issues concerning social stratification and introduces some empirical research to the field. Results suggest that ethnic stratification is an important area of focus and that more particular research is needed.

英語