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The Effects of Spouse's Housework Intervention on Women's Depression

배우자의 가사 노동 개입이 여성 우울증에 미치는 영향

  • Kim, Eun-Jung (Dental Hygienics, Wonkwang Health Science University) ;
  • Yang, Hee-Jung (Public Health Administration, Yeoju Institute of Technology)
  • 김은정 (원광보건대학교 치위생과) ;
  • 양희정 (여주대학교 보건의료행정학과)
  • Received : 2018.07.11
  • Accepted : 2018.10.05
  • Published : 2018.10.31

Abstract

This study investigated the effects of spousal intervention in housework on female depression. To achieve this, an empirical 10-day field survey of 119 mothers of children after school age was conducted in Suwon, Incheon, Yeoju and Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do through structured questionnaires. The findings were as follows. Spousal intervention in housework had a significant effect on female depression, but there were different prevalence rates of female depression according to the status of spousal childcare on weekdays and weekends. In other words, there was a difference in the effects of spousal intervention in housework on female depression according to weekday childcare and weekend childcare. These findings indicate that reducing housework burdens by spousal intervention in housework helps to lower and prevent female depression. Consequently, because there is a difference in the effects of spousal intervention in housework on female depression according to the level of simple weekday or weekend childcare and the degree of intervention, spousal intervention and sharing all family management duties, including housework and childcare, can maximize the effect.

본 연구는 경기 수원, 이천, 여주, 광주 지역 소재 학령기 이후 자녀를 둔 어머니 119명을 대상으로 배우자의 가사노동개입이 여성의 우울증에 미치는 영향력을 밝히는 목적으로 구조화된 설문지에 의한 필드 조사 방법을 통해 10일 간의 실증조사를 하였다. 연구 결과 배우자의 가사노동개입이 여성의 우울증에 미치는 영향에 대한 검정결과 유의적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 배우자의 가사노동개입의 주중 주말과 자녀돌봄여부에 따라 우울증 유병률에 차이를 나타냈다. 이 같은 차이는 배우자의 가사노동개입에 따라 여성의 우울증에 미치는 영향에 주중 돌봄과 주말 돌봄에 따라 차이가 있고 이는 배우자의 가사노동개입에 따른 가사 부담 또한 경감될수록 우울증이 낮아지며, 예방에 도움이 됨을 의미한다. 이 같은 결과는 배우자의 가사노동개입이 단순 주중 주말의 자녀돌봄 수준과 개입의 정도에 따라 여성의 우울증에 미치는 영향력에 차이가 있음에 따라 가사와 자녀 돌봄 등 전체적인 가족관리까지 개입하여 분담할 때 효과가 보다 극대화될 수 있음을 시사한 것으로 평가할 수 있다.

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