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A Study on the Life Satisfaction of Migration Women on International Marriage

국제결혼 이주여성의 삶의 만족도에 관한 연구

  • 우영희 (호서대학교 벤처전문대학원 벤처경영학과) ;
  • 하규수 (호서대학교 벤처전문대학원 벤처경영학과)
  • Received : 2015.09.25
  • Accepted : 2015.12.04
  • Published : 2015.12.31

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the life satisfaction of marriage immigrant women in an effort to provide some information on how to offer social support for marriage immigrant women to lead a more satisfaction life. The overall life satisfaction level of the marriage immigrant women was above the average(a mean of 3.40). By age, the women whose husbands were younger were more satisfied. The higher the husband's education, religion appeared higher in cases where the wife is religion, the women who resided in our country for less than five years expressed more life satisfaction. The husband was found in the case of highly professional and white-collar job, the higher the monthly income of the household and when they resided in their own houses. In this context, integrated in terms of international community members to migrant women requires systematic support policies moves forward to global countries.

본 연구의 목적은 국제결혼 이주여성의 삶의 만족도를 파악하여 삶의 만족을 향상시킬 수 있는 사회적지지 방안을 마련하기 위한 기초자료를 제공하고자 하는데 두었다. 전반적인 삶의 만족도 수준은 보통 이상(평균 3.40)으로 나타났으며 남편의 연령층이 낮을수록, 부부의 연령차이가 적을수록 높게 나타났다. 남편의 학력이 높을수록, 부인이 종교가 있는 경우가 높게 나타났고, 남편과의 학력 차이에 따라 유의미한 차이를 보였다. 거주기간에 따라서는 5년 미만이 높게 나타났으며 남편의 직업이 전문직과 사무직인 경우 높게 나타났다. 가정의 월 소득 수준이 높을수록, 자신의 집에 거주하고 있는 경우에 삶의 만족도가 높게 나타났다. 이러한 배경에서 국제결혼 이주여성들에게 사회구성원이라는 통합된 관점에서 글로벌 국가로 나아가는 체계적인 지원정책이 필요하다.

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