• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.117-136
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• 2011

This study examined the effects of the division of household labor on the marital satisfaction of husbands and wives in dual-earner families. Data were collected from 193 couples in dual-earner families; the questionnaire measurements were based on recommendations from the literature review. The questionnaire consisted of inquiries concerning gender role attitudes, marital communication efficiency, division of household labor, satisfaction in the division of household labor, and marital satisfaction. Each of these categories had an individual measurement scale that enabled measurement of its impact on marital satisfaction. The major findings of this study are as follows: The couples in dual-earner families showed egalitarian gender role attitudes and high levels of marital communication efficiency. They also reported high levels of satisfaction with their division of household labor and their marital lives. Wives in dual-earner families had more egalitarian gender role attitudes compared with their husbands, and husbands perceived themselves to be investing more time in performing household chores (that is, in the division of household labor) than was perceived by their wives. Husbands were also more satisfied with the division of household labor and marital life compared to their wives. Finally, hierarchical multiple regression analysis revealed that satisfaction in the division of household labor and in marital communication efficiency (as perceived by the couples) significantly predicted husbands' marital satisfaction. On the other hand, wives' age, marital communication efficiency, and the differences in the division of household labor (as perceived by the couples) significantly predicted wives' marital satisfaction.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제56권3호
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• pp.264-276
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• 2023

본 연구는 수도권에 거주하는 결혼이주여성 및 다문화가정을 대상으로 구조적·자연적, 정치적·경제적, 사회문화적 영역에서의 식품환경 요소들과 가구 식품불안정성 간의 연관성을 탐색하고자 하였다. 설문조사는 2018년 11월부터 2020년 2월까지 서울 및 수도권에 거주하는 중국, 베트남, 일본, 캄보디아, 몽골, 러시아, 대만 출신의 결혼이주여성 249명을 대상으로 실시되었다 (BE2018-34). 식품환경 요소는 구조적·자연적 영역에서 유용성과 접근성, 정치적·경제적 영역에서 가용성과 식품지원 및 영양교육 수혜 경험, 사회문화적 영역에서 영양지식, 조리능력, 양육방식, 가족과의 식사, 사회적 지지, 미디어의 영향력이 포함되었다. 가구 식품 불안정성은 국민건강영양조사의 식품안정성 측정 도구로 측정 및 계산되었다. 응답이 불충분하거나 식품불안정성 점수 산출이 어려운 경우를 제외한 229명을 대상으로 위계적 다중선형 회귀분석을 수행한 결과, 사회문화적 영역의 건강한 식생활에 대한 가족들의 사회적 지지가 가장 먼저 모델에 포함되었으며, 정치적·경제적 영역의 식품지원 서비스 수혜 경험 여부와 구조적·자연적 영역의 지난 1주일간 식품 보유 상황이 순서대로 추가되었다. 결과적으로 식품불안정성은 사회적 지지 및 식품 보유 상황과는 음의 연관성, 식품지원 서비스 수혜경험과는 양의 연관성이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 총 세 가지의 식품환경 요소가 포함된 최종회귀모델은 가구 식품불안정성에 대하여 약 30%를 설명하는 것으로 나타났다 (adjusted R² = 0.298, p < 0.001). 이러한 결과를 통해 보편적으로 가구 식품불안정성의 영향 요인으로 알려져 있는 식품지원 수혜 경험과 같은 경제적 요인이나 식품 보유 상황과 같은 물리적 요인 이외에도 가족들의 건강한 식생활에 대한 사회적 지지가 가구 식품불안정성과 연관될 수 있다는 사실을 확인하였다. 따라서, 본 연구의 결과는 다문화가정의 가구 식품불안정성 개선을 위한 정책적 지원 프로그램이 경제적 측면뿐만 아니라 가족 간 관계나 가족 및 지역사회로부터의 사회적 지지 등 사회문화적 측면까지 포괄적으로 고려하여 기획되어야 함을 시사한다.

• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.299-321
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• 2010

The purpose of this study was to investigate how marriage migration females understand and adjust to the culture of family life in Korea. The study was the conducted by extensively interviewing one member from each of a total of 16 women's multicultural families at a daycare center area in Seoul between June 16, 2010 and July 28, 2010. The results can be summarized as follows: All interviewees were marriage migration females, in the range 20 to 50 years of age, and with middle educational backgrounds. They all had middle-level incomes. Through the content analysis of the informants' responses, three major factors were found to influence the understanding and adjustment of to the culture of family living: personal factors, familial support, and sociocultural support systems. Among the personal factors, the intimacy of the married couples was trouble major factor. An issue that tended to arise was that Korean husbands' traditional culture in terms of their way of thinking was often different from that of the wife's culture. However, husbands supported their wives' outside activities and friendships in order to help them adjust to the culture of family living. The husbands made an effort to understand their wives' original culture and national food, often visiting restaurants that served their wives' national cuisine. In terms of familial support, the most important factors affecting marriage migration females were orienting the education of children to the mother's native language, cooking their national foods, and visiting the mother's nation with the children. Marriage migration females had the following requires: The teacher in the daycare center needed to be interested in children from multicultural families and encourage self-pride in the marriage migration females' children. In terms of sociocultural support systems, marriage migration females are conscious of the indisposition and lack of consideration in Korean life. However, the Korean government and local provinces are concentrating attention on education for marriage migration females in terms of language, because learning the language can help these women to become accustomed to the rituals of Korean life. Marriage migration females make an effort to understand and adjust to Korean family living culture that involves the food culture for ceremonial occasions, folk plays, and places of historic interest. A matter of importance is Korean people's effort to understand and adjust to multicultural family with their distinctive cultures. Welfare policy related to multicultural families involves adopting supportive laws and actions.

• 생물정신의학
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.144-150
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• 2013

Objectives The number of marriage immigrant women has been increasing in the past several years in Korea and their adaptations to the new environment have been an important social issue. The aims of this study were to evaluate the psychosocial and mental health statuses of Vietnamese marriage immigrant women (VMIW). We intended to compare the mental health of VMIW with married Vietnamese women living in Vietnam and reveal the demographic or psychosocial factors affecting their mental health. Method Subjects comprised one-hundred-forty-three VMIW who enrolled in multiculture family support centers in Chungbuk Province and forty-eight women from Vinh Phuc province in Vietnam. Marital satisfaction, domestic violence and social support were evaluated as psychosocial factors, and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) were used to evaluate mental health. Results VMIW had a larger age gap with their husbands but better psychosocial statuses. BDI (p = 0.20), BAI (p = 0.08), GHQ (p = 0.13) scores of VMIW were not significantly different compared to Vietnamese residents. Marriage duration of VMIW affects significantly their marital satisfaction, social support and depressive levels (p < 0.01). The level of domestic violence showed a significant difference according to the educational levels of their husbands, composition of family members and marriage process (p < 0.05). VMIW with older husbands and jobless VMIW had low levels of anxiety (p < 0.01). Conclusion The results suggest that VMIW have no difference in mental health compared to Vietnamese women living in Vietnam which is contrary to general expectations. However, various environmental factors, such as marriage duration, have an effect on the mental health of VMIW. As marriage duration is proven to be important factor on mental health of VMIW, more extended duration of care and interventions are needed to maintain good mental health. Networking system connecting mental health screenings by the multiculture family support center to the local mental healthcare center is needed to care those with poor screening outcomes.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.15-29
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to explore ethnic socialization enacted by Japanese marriage migrant women currently raising 7- to 18-year-old children in Korea. To accomplish this goal, we examined the following research questions: (1) What is the level of ethnic socialization enacted by Japanese marriage migrant mothers? (2) Does the level of ethnic socialization vary by demographic and ethnocultural factors? (3) To what extent do demographic and ethnocultural factors influence the enactment of ethnic socialization by Japanese marriage migrant mothers? The sample consisted of 243 Japanese marriage migrant women currently raising 7- to 18-year-old children in Korea. For data analysis, T-test, correlation, ANOVA, and hierarchical regression analyses were used. Also, we performed separate analyses for two subtypes of ethnic socialization in particular, namely cultural socialization and preparation for bias. Ethnocultural factors examined in this study were the level of discrimination experience, Japanese ethnic identity, and husbands' ethnic orientation in childrearing. The main results of this study were as follows. First, results showed that Japanese marriage migrant women enacted moderate levels of cultural socialization and preparation for bias. Second, Japanese marriage migrant women's cultural socialization and preparation for bias were both positively related to the levels of women's discrimination experience and Japanese ethnic identity. Also, the younger the age of the firstborn child, the more preparation for bias these women performed. In addition, women whose Korean husbands wanted to raise their children more biculturally performed more cultural socialization compared to those with Korean husbands who wanted to raise their children as Korean. Third, hierarchical regression analyses revealed that women's discrimination experience and ethnic identity positively predicted both types of ethnic socialization. Also, Korean husband's bicultural orientation towards childrearing predicted a higher level of cultural socialization by Japanese marriage migrant women. Results of this study provide basic information about ethnic socialization among multicultural families in Korea, which can be useful for promoting positive self-identity among multicultural children. Furthermore, the results suggest that husbands' support and cooperation in ethnic socialization can be crucial for marriage migrant women to socialize their children utilizing their cultural and experiential resources.

• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.1-22
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• 2012

The purpose of this study is to determine the characteristics of Filipino marriage immigrants' acculturation stages in regards to their Korean family life culture and to identify the source of the support for each stage, hence to provide information for educational programs that would promote successful acculturation for each stage. The following findings have been obtained through in-depth interviews with 18 female Filipino immigrants to Korea. In a range of obstacles from the Honeymoon Stage to the Confusion stage, the first are the language and the aspects of the food/cooking/ingredients/diet that are different from their own culture. Especially, pregnancy/childbirth is a major change in one's life and the biggest challenge in the acculturation process. As food and cooking are the first change that the immigrants have to face and get accustomed to in the early stage of their Korean life, the food culture is rather easier for the immigrants to get accustomed to than other parts of Korean life. From the Honeymoon Stage to the Harmony Stage, the immigrants make efforts to help their family in the home, while they look to their future in their children during the Autonomy Stage. Regardless of how long they have been in Korea, from the Honeymoon Stage to the Autonomy Stage, the immigrants have a hard time with the patriarchal environment in Korea due to the bilateral nature of kinship in the Philippines. Secondly, the immigrants receive the most support from their husband, family, and the tutors in Korean culture, while their mothers-in-law are the main source of the support for the Korean diet. At the Confusion Stage, the immigrants start visiting the regional multicultural family support centers and get help from the friends they meet there while depending on the TV for cooking tips. From the Harmony Stage, they may seek a job through the community network with their own effort and their children's help. In the Autonomy Stage, they are concerned about their children rather than their own parents, and they find their own identity as a Korean and realize that their effort is important.

• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.171-194
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• 2012

This study focuses on immigrant women who are married to Korean men and who live in a multicultural family situation in Gyeonggi-do. These women experience acculturative stress and marital conflict and this study aims to determine how social support seeks to mediate the effects of those stressors. The women in this study participated in activities and received services from one of Gyeonggi-do Province's civic organizations, religious organizations, or social service organizations, such as the Social Welfare Agency and the Multicultural Family Support Center. In order to verify the study's hypothesis, the researchers used the following statistical analytical methods : t-test, two-way ANOVA and multi-regression analysis. Analysis of the study's results showed that the highest degree of marital conflict was found in the sub-zones and variables that were personal. Those variable were : the difference in mindset and values (personal domain), economic problems (communal living area), a child's upbringing and education issues (third party area), and the participant's sex life (in the marital relationship). The hypothesis was tested using the research model validation and the results are summarized as follows. First, in order to analyze the relationship between the marriage migration females' acculturative stress and the impact of that stress on marriage conflict, the hierarchical regression analysis was used. It identified that a direct correlation existed between acculturative stress and marriage conflict; where a higher degree of acculturative stress was present, a higher degree of marriage conflict was found. Second, the study found a statistical significance in the correlation and relationship (${\beta}$=.208, p<0.05) between the acculturative stress of the marriage migration female and material support. In other words, the material support can be seen as having a moderating effect on the acculturative stress, which is the independent variable, and the marital conflict, which is the dependent variable.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.246-252
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• 2020

본 연구는 제15차(2019년) 청소년 건강행태 조사의 원시자료를 이용하여, 우리나라 다문화 청소년들의 건강 위험 행동들이 주관적인 구강 증상에 미치는 위험요인을 조사하였다. 다문화 가족 범위는 한국인 여성과 결혼한 이주 남성 가족, 한국인 남성과 결혼한 이주 여성 가족의 자녀로 한정 지었으며, 572명을 연구 대상자로 최종 선정하였다. 연구 도구는 사회경제학적 변수로는 성별, 학년, 경제 수준, 학교 성적이 조사되었으며, 건강위험 행태로는 음주, 흡연, 약물 복용, 스트레스, 수면 만족, 자살 생각, 우울 경험, 취침 전 잇솔질 여부가 조사되었고 구강 증상으로는 치아 통증, 잇몸 통증, 입 냄새 여부가 조사되었다. 연구 결과, 치아 통증은 음주, 취침 전 잇솔질, 스트레스, 수면시간, 자살 생각, 우울 경험 여부와 관련성을 나타냈으며, 잇몸 통증은 약물복용, 수면, 자살 생각, 우울 경험에서 관련성을 나타냈다. 그리고, 구취는 약물복용, 취침 전 잇솔질, 스트레스, 자살 생각, 우울 요인과 관련성을 보였다. 건강위험 요인이 구강 증상에 미치는 요인으로는 치아 통증은 음주, 스트레스, 수면시간이 위험요인으로 나타났다. 잇몸 통증은 흡연, 수면, 자살이 위험요인으로 나타났다. 구취는 취침 전 잇솔질 여부와 스트레스가 위험요인으로 나타났다. 결론적으로 청소년들의 구강 건강 증진을 위해 국가 차원의 방과 후 활동이나, 동아리 활동 등의 시간에 구강보건교육 프로그램을 지원하는 정책 제도 마련이 필요하다.

• 농촌지도와개발
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.265-297
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• 2013

본 연구의 목적은 농촌 다문화가정 여성의 남편역할 인식과 경험을 있는 그대로 탐색함으로써 성공적인 결혼생활과 안정적 농촌사회 적응능력향상을 위한 기초자료를 제공하는 것이다. 이를 위해 농촌 다문화가정 여성 13명을 심층면접한 결과를 현상학적방법을 통하여 분석하였다. 본 연구의 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 농촌 다문화가정 여성의 남편역할에 대한 인식을 분석한 결과 '착하고 따뜻한 남자', '그냥 별 생각 없었음', '깨끗하고 멋있게 보이는 사람', '아내를 고생 안 시키는 남자', '가사는 내 몫이 아닌 남편 몫', '독립된 가정 꾸리기', '자식에 대한 책임감이 강함' 이었다. 농촌 다문화가정 여성들은 국제결혼을 하면서 남편의 역할에 대해 깊이 생각하지는 않았지만 막연하게 잘 사는 한류의 나라 한국에 대한 동경과 함께 그에 대한 기대가 남편에 대한 기대로 이어져 있었음을 알 수 있었다. 또한 한국의 문화에 대한 사전 조사와 이해가 부족하여 자신의 출신국에 존재하는 사회분위기 및 가족과 부부문화가 한국에도 존재할 것이라고 여기고 있었음을 알 수 있었다. 둘째, 농촌 다문화가정 여성의 남편역할에 대한 경험을 분석한 결과 '마음이 좋고 잘 해줌', '나에게 맞춤', '무책임과 무관심', '마음을iv 기댈 수 없음', '집안 일 별로 안함', '시댁과의 중간역할', '아이와 부모, 친척 먼저 챙김', '술과 도박, 폭력을 함'이었다. 농촌 다문화가정 여성의 남편역할에 대한 경험은 남편역할에 대한 인식과는 다소 차이가 있었다. 농촌 다문화가정 여성들이 지각하는 남편역할에 대한 경험은 긍정적인 것과 부정적인 것이 함께 공존하고 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 부모자녀건강학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.46-60
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• 2009

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore married immigrant women's child-rearing experiences including parenting stress and parenting efficacy using parallel/simultaneous mixed method design. Method: Participants of this quantitative study were 53 immigrant women in G City. Data was collected from May 1 to July 31 and analyzed using the SPSS 14 program. Qualitative data was collected from 8 immigrant women through focus group discussions from April, 22 to August 5, 2008 in G City and G Province. The data was analyzed using a content analysis method. Results: The mean score of parenting stress scale and parenting efficacy were 63.49 and 43.11 respectively. Significant differences were found in parenting stress according to nationality, length of stay, religion, economic status, education level, Korean language skill, number of children, and program participation. Significant differences were found in the Parenting efficacy according to the nation, length of stay, economic status, education level, Korean language skill, children's health status, and program participation. Three themes emerged through this analysis: 1) Isolation from the maternal parent, 2) Insufficient support system, 3) Conflicts and Compromise of child-rearing practices. Conclusion: Married immigrant women experience double burdens of mothering. There is a need to develop educational and support programs for them.