Less than two out of every ten seniors in South Korea wish to live with their children amid the country's rapid aging.

According to the Health Ministry on Monday, 12-point-eight percent of ten-thousand-97 seniors surveyed between March and November last year said they wished to live with their children, down from 15-point-two percent in 2017.

Twenty-point-one percent actually lived with their children in 2020, down from 23-point-seven percent three years earlier.

Seventy-eight-point-two percent lived alone or only with their partner last year, up from 66-point-eight percent in 2008.

The average annual income among seniors totaled 15-point-58 million won, relatively higher compared to seven million won recorded in 2008. Economic participation by seniors aged 65 or older stood at 36-point-nine percent.