97. The number of households composed of single women was 2.61 million as of 2015, accounting for 50.2% of the total single person households, which increased by 17.7% compared to five years ago. By age group, women in their 60s or older took up the largest share with 43.2% followed by 15.4% of women in their 20s and 15.3% of women in their 50s. As of 2016, as for the average monthly salary of households composed of single women, the largest share of 56.9% earned less than one million won (29.5% for households composed of single men) and 80.2% of households composed of single women in their 60s earned less than one million won. Since 90% of violent crime victims are women, the lack of public security for women was completely reflected in their psychology which resulted in 46.2% of single female households answering that “the social safety in general is not stable” while only 13% responded that they felt “safe” in 2016. It is 10%p higher than the portion of households composed of single men answering that they felt “unsafe.” The biggest factor for instability was the occurrence of crime (37.2%). People in their 20s expressed the most fear in comparison with other age groups. 65.8% of women in their 20s answered that they felt “unsafe” and 54.3% of them expressed “fear of becoming crime victims.” On the contrary, the major factor for instability for men living alone was national security (21.5%). 98. According to the Fact-finding Survey on Life of Households Composed of Single Women in Seoul (2016) conducted by the Seoul Foundation of Women & Family, a majority of women in their 20s and 30s living alone lives in row house/multiplex housing and studio at a monthly rent with deposit or a key money deposit and about 74.2% are burdened with housing costs. In addition, four out of ten female youth living alone feels unsafe about their place with major reasons of the lack of safety facilities such as CCTV and window for crime prevention and the existence of places of concealment including stairs and hallways inside the building. Women living alone in a semi-basement flat which can be seen from the outside are exposed to the high risk of sexual violence, requiring them to spend more money on housing for safety compared to single men. As women earn less than men and have relatively less capital, poverty and