A Study on Familism in Rural Families

농촌가족에서의 가족주의가치에 대한 연구

The purpose of this study is to clarify the degree of support of familism in rural families. Research procedure was carried out in two steps. First, comprehensive interviews were made with 9 opinion leaders of the village on the villagers' overall attitudes towards familism. Second, structured interviews were made with 316 married adult villagers on attitude towards familism. The survey instrument used for this study was the Familism Scale. Data were collected by structured questionnaire through direct interviews with the subjects. The following conclusions were drown from this study. 1) Married adults in rural families were found to support familism comprehensively. 2) There was no difference by sex in the variables affecting familism. 3) The more aged were found to support familism more strongly. 4) The less educated were found to support familism more strongly.