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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2015.16.1.606

Factors Affecting Opinions on Marriage of Unmarried Women in Their 30's in Korea: Based on 2012 Social Survey  

Lee, Sung-Hee (College of Nursing, Kyungpook National University)
Gweon, Hyun-Soo (Department of Social Welfare, Kyungnam University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.16, no.1, 2015 , pp. 606-616 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted in order to identify factors affecting opinions on marriage of unmarried women in their 30's in Korea. Analysis of data on 529 unmarried women in their 30's, which were taken from the 2012 social survey, was analyzed. Data were analyzed using ${\chi}^2$ test, hierarchical logistic regression analysis as well as descriptive statistics by SPSS version 20.0. Results showed that age(Exp(b)=.90,p=.025), opinions on divorce(Exp(b)=3.81,p<.001) and remarriage(Exp(b)=3.09,p=.001), and value on marriage(Exp(b)=.80,p<.001) were independent predictors of opinions on marriage. Economic activity(Exp(b)=19.58,p=.003) was found to be an independent predictor of opinions on marriage for the 35-39 year old women differ from 30-34 year old women predictors. Findings of this study indicate a need for developing family and marriage value-centered education and the low-fertility policy for the 35-39year old actively working women considering factors affecting opinions on marriage.
Keywords
Family; Marriage; Unmarried; Women;
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