직업과 생활기회에 관한 연구 (전북지역을 중심으로)

A Study on Occupations and Life Chance(The Case of Chonbuk Province)

본 연구는 한국사회의 산업화과정에서 배제되어 왔던 전북지역에서 직업집단들간에 생활기회가 얼마나 차등적으로 나타나고 있는지 분석하였다. 좀더 구체적으로 본 연구는 6개 직업범주에 속하는 사람들간에 생활기회의 하위영역인 건강상태와 여가생활 각각이 얼마나 차등적으로 나타나고 있는지 분석하엿다. 분석결과에 의하면, 직업별로 생활기회가 차등적으로 나타나고 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 즉 직업적 위세가 높은 직업에 종사하는 사람들은 좀더 좋은 생활기회를 가지고 있으며, 역으로 직업적 위세가 낮은 직업에 종사하는 사람들은 열악한 생활기회를 가지고 있다. 먼저 전문-관리직 종사자들은 모든 영역에서 가장 우수한 생활기회를 누리고 있었다. 그 다음으로 전문-기술직, 사무직, 그리고 판매-서비스직 종사자들이 높은 생활기회를 누리고 있다. 그러나 이들 3개 직업집단들 모두가 모든 영역에서 일치된 생활기회를 가진 것은 아니다. 특히 전문-기술직 종사들은 일의 자율성과 안정성에도 불구하고 작업환경의 열악성과 그것이 건강에 미친 영향을 부정적으로 인식하고 있다. 반면에 판매-서비스직 종사자들은 낮은 사회적 인식에도 불구하고 일의 자율성과 높은 수입 등으로 비교적 높은 생활기회를 누리고 있다. 그러나 농업과 생산직 종사자들은 비교적 열악한 생활기회를 가지고 있다. 특히 농업 종사자들은 여가생활부문을 제외한 다른 부문에서 생산직 종사자들보다 상대적으로 좋은 기회를 가지고 있었다. The main purpose of this study is to describe the different life chances among various occupational groups in Chonbuk Province which has been excluded in the process of Korea's industrialization since the 1960s. More specifically, this study analyzed to what extent 6 occupational groups have the different life chances in the sub-levels such as health conditions and leisure life. According to our data analysis, it is found that the 6 occupational groups have the different life chances. That is, while those who are engaged in the higher prestigious occupation have a good life chance, those who in the lower prestigious occupation have a worse life chance. For example, among 6 occupational groups, professional-managerial who secure the higher autonomy and stability in their work have the highest life chance in the labor and health, and leisure life. Next, professional-technical, white-collar, sales-service occupants have the higher life chance after the professional-managerial. However, these 3 occupation groups are partially inconsistent in the two sectors of the life chance. Specifically, the professional-technical, despite their autonomy and stability in the work world, conceived that their work conditions are worse as well as badly influencing on their own health. On the other band, the sales-service workers group, despite their lower social status, is relatively autonomous and stable in their work environment and thus has the higher life chances. Finally, agricultural and productive workers have relatively the lower lift chances. Nevertheless, there are some clear differences among these 2 occupational groups. That is, the farmers have relatively the higher life chances in the sectors of socio-economic characteristics, and labor and health rather than productive workers. As a result, the productive workers are generally located in the lowest level of life chance. This fact is particularly attributed to the fragility of manufacturing industries in Chonbuk Province.

The main purpose of this study is to describe the different life chances among various occupational groups in Chonbuk Province which has been excluded in the process of Korea's industrialization since the 1960s. More specifically, this study analyzed to what extent 6 occupational groups have the different life chances in the sub-levels such as health conditions and leisure life. According to our data analysis, it is found that the 6 occupational groups have the different life chances. That is, while those who are engaged in the higher prestigious occupation have a good life chance, those who in the lower prestigious occupation have a worse life chance. For example, among 6 occupational groups, professional-managerial who secure the higher autonomy and stability in their work have the highest life chance in the labor and health, and leisure life. Next, professional-technical, white-collar, sales-service occupants have the higher life chance after the professional-managerial. However, these 3 occupation groups are partially inconsistent in the two sectors of the life chance. Specifically, the professional-technical, despite their autonomy and stability in the work world, conceived that their work conditions are worse as well as badly influencing on their own health. On the other band, the sales-service workers group, despite their lower social status, is relatively autonomous and stable in their work environment and thus has the higher life chances. Finally, agricultural and productive workers have relatively the lower lift chances. Nevertheless, there are some clear differences among these 2 occupational groups. That is, the farmers have relatively the higher life chances in the sectors of socio-economic characteristics, and labor and health rather than productive workers. As a result, the productive workers are generally located in the lowest level of life chance. This fact is particularly attributed to the fragility of manufacturing industries in Chonbuk Province.