도시지역과 농촌지역 간 국공립어린이집 공간적 형평성 분석 : 충청남도 천안시를 대상으로

초록

According to the National Statistical Office (NSO), Korea’s total fertility rate in 2020 was 0.84—the lowest ever recorded. One solution is the government’s stipulation that national (government) and public (local authority) child day care centers should be provided in vulnerable areas, such as low-income residential areas, and farming and fishing villages; however, it remains difficult to help the plan and implement policies. Moreover, previous studies into national and public child day care centers focus on the city of Seoul, while those looking at local cities do not analyze the spatial equity of national and public child day care centers. Therefore, this study examines the accessibility of national and public child day care centers within spatial microunits, based on 100m x 100m lattices from Korea’s National Spatial Data Infrastructure Portal, and, further, whether their locations are evenly distributed. This empirical analysis reveals differences in not only the accessibility but also the spatial imbalance of national and public child day care centers in urban and rural areas in Cheonan. Analysis results indicate that national and public child day care centers are concentrated near urban areas, demonstrating a significant difference in accessibility from rural areas.

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