• Korea journal of population studies
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.255-286
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• 2001

The development of language skills among immigrants is important for their economic adjustment in their host societies since language is an important dimension of the skill levels of immigrants relevant for the labor markets of the host countries. Moreover, language plays a key role in the social adjustment of immigrants and in the social and political cohesion particularly in the society like the US that has diverse racial and ethnic groups. The main purposes of the present study are to analyze the determinants of English abilities of Korean and other Asian immigrants in the US. The present study utilizes the Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS, S, 5%) in the US. We adopted the ordered probit technique to analyze qualitative differences of English ability. The study found that English fluency increases with a longer duration in the US, the presence of children in the household, living in an area in which a smaller proportion speak ones mother tongue, a younger age at immigration, a higher level of schooling. However, there are marked variations in levels of English proficiency among Asian immigrants.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.18 no.11
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• pp.188-204
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• 2018

This study examined how early maternal language use was associated with school readiness at kindergarten entry among children of Asian or Hispanic immigrant mothers in the United States. Using a nationally representative sample from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort (ECLS-B; $N{\approx}1,500$), this study estimates multivariate regression models to address each research question. This study finds generally advantages of maternal use of English and bilingualism for children's expressive language in both Asian and Hispanic groups and for children's pro-social behavior in the Asian group. It also finds that longer residency in the U.S. is associated with higher levels of approaches to learning for children of bilingual Asian mothers and lower levels of behavior problems for children of bilingual Hispanic mothers. Based on the findings, social work implications for the healthy development of young children of immigrants were discussed.

• Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.53-66
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• 2015

Purpose: This study was considered in order to identify the factors affecting healthcare utilization by Asian immigrants in the United States. Methods: From February to April 2011, a descriptive survey study was conducted in a convenience sample of 250 Korean and Asian Indian immigrants aged between 40 and 64 in the Triangle area of North Carolina. An author-developed instrument was used to assess predisposing, enabling, and need factors according to Anderson's Behavioral Model of Health Services. Utilization Data analysis was performed by $X^2$-test, t-test, and binary logistic regression. Results: Participants' healthcare services experiences were significantly different when they had a longer stay in the U.S., had been employed, had higher income, were Asian Indians, had better English-speaking skills, better health status, more knowledge of health system and health insurance, had higher satisfaction with the healthcare system, and when they were taking prescribed medications and having health insurance. The strongest association with experience of healthcare services was having health insurance with an adjusted odds ratio (OR) of 15.37 (95% CI 4.95-47.71, p<.001) and self-reported English proficiency (OR=1.99, 95% CI 1.00-3.96, p=.05). Conclusion: Intervention strategies to increase accessibility to healthcare services should focus on these significant predictors.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.67 no.4
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• pp.227-249
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to explore the meaning of work between Asian Americans and white Americans living with mental illness. Employment is important for recovery of Asian Americans with mental illness. However, little is known about reasons of low participation and completion rates on recovery and employment services for Asian Americans with mental illness. Although few studies have suggested that exploring cultural difference is a key to understand these issues, no study have explored how their culture influences a viewpoint on work. Therefore, a study to explore the meaning of work and influences of culture on work is required. This study used both quantitative and qualitative methods. An Internet version of world of work survey was developed based on results of study by Millner(2015) and cognitive interview. The survey was conducted from May to August 2015 and 91 people living with mental illness completed the survey. T-test was used for analyzing qualitative data and researchers analyzed qualitative data. Asian Americans showed higher preference for employment and have more difficulty at workplace and in receiving recovery and vocational services. The findings from this study can inform the development of recovery-oriented employment for people living with mental illness from diverse ethnic groups.

• Korea journal of population studies
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.163-192
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• 2002

Residential overcrowding, also called density, measured as more than one person per room, is a important variable as a principal indicator of inadequate housing. We investigated how immigrants in the US are assimilated to the host society through a lens of housing density. We estimated the probability of living in overcrowded housing of Korean, Chinese and Japanese immigrants armored with the 1980 and 1990 Public Use Microdata Sample(PUMS, A, 5%) in the US. Along with economic effects, we also consider life-cycle effects on the indicator. We applied "double cohort" method that enables duration of immigration effects to be separated from aging effects, which captures family size fluctuations due to life-cycle effects. The study found that cohort trends sharply changed during 10years. The 1970's immigrants are more likely to live in overcrowded housing than the pre-1970 immigrants. The pre-1970 immigrants are more likely to live in overcrowded housing than native-born persons. This may be explained by different assimilation processes driven by the disparities of individual human capitals or cultural differences among the ethnic groups. Especially, Korean experienced a sharp decline in overcrowding between 1980 and 1990. We also found that the major determinants that affect the level of housing density are years since migration, income, and gender. The present study concluded with some future studies related to the Korean immigrants abroad.ts abroad.

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.67-83
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• 2004

한국음식이 미국 내에서 하나의 민족음식으로서 점차 인식되고 있음에도 불구하고, 미국인들이 지각하는 한국음식과 한국레스토랑의 인식과 관련한 연구는 미비한 실정이다. 지금까지 대부분의 연구는 한국을 방문한 외국인들이 지각하고 인식하는 한국음식에 관한 연구에 초점이 맞추어져 왔다. 그러므로, 한국음식과 한국레스토랑에 관한 미국인들의 인식과 한국레스토랑의 포지셔닝(positioning)에 관한 연구는 미국 내에서 한국레스토랑을 운영하는 메니져(manager)들에게 중요한 정보를 제공할 수 있을 것이다. 본 연구는 미국 마이애미 지역의 대학생들을 대상으로 하여 아시안 음식과 레스토랑에 관하여 대학생들이 지각하는 이미지를 확인하였으며, 인지된 대학생들의 아시안 레스토랑과 음식에 관한 이지미는 한국레스토랑의 포지셔닝과 비교분석하기 위하여 도식으로 표현되었다. 그리고 이러한 이미지 포지셔닝 연구는 남부 플로리다(South Florida) 지역에서 한국 레스토랑을 운영하는 메니져들에게 경쟁력 있는 마케팅 전략을 제시해 줄 수 있을 것이다. 따라서, 본 연구의 목적은 미국 마이애미 지역의 대학생들이 한국, 중국, 일본, 베트남, 태국 레스토랑과 음식을 어떻게 인식하고 있는가에 관한 기초 분석연구이다. 각 아시안 레스토랑의 포지셔닝을 확인하며, 본 연구에서 분석된 기초 자료들은 레스토랑 운영자들에게 중요한 마케팅 자료로 제공될 수 있을 것이다.

• The Magazine of the Society of Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating Engineers of Korea
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• v.29 no.9
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• pp.79-82
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• 2000

동관은 열전달성, 내식성, 가공성이 우수하여 각종 열교환기용 열전달관으로 각각의 열전달특성요구에 맞게 가공되어 사용되고 있다. 최근 제품가격의 하락에 따라 열전달특성 개선 뿐만아니라 코스트다운에 대한 요구도 커지고, 또 냉매도 HFC계로 변화하고 있어 새로운 관점에서 열전달관개발을 하여야 한다. 일본의 Kobe제강소는 1917년부터 동관을 제조하기 시작하여, 일본 국내는 물론 미국과 아시아 지역에서 높은 보급률을 가지고 있다. 특히 냉동공조용 열전달관 부분에 강한 면모를 보이고 있다. 여기서는 최근 개발된 열전달관에 관하여 그 개발 경위와 열전달특성에 관하여 소개하고자 한다.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.51
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• pp.141-156
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• 2002

The relation among social support, depressive symptoms, and living arrangements were examined in a non-random sample of 175 adults age 60 and older. A convenience sample was obtained through a personal interview. A structural equation modeling approach was used to explore the role of social support in the relation between the living arrangements of elderly Koreans and their level of depressive symptoms. These results are consistent with previous analyses suggesting that social support plays a significant role in moderating depressive symptoms, in relation to negative living arrangements among older Korean populations (the buffering-effect hypothesis).

• The Korea Beekeeping Bulletin
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• s.330
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• pp.66-67
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• 2008

미리내 회사 직원의 한사람으로 인해 밀원주가 탄생하게 되었다. 직원의 한사람은 미국에서 벌꿀 제조 기술과 노화우를 국내에 전수하고자 양봉관련 업체를 방문하였으나 관심부족으로 인하여 시판하지 못하는 처지에 놓여 있었으나 직원의 본 고향인 경기도 연천 미리내 회사 측에서 제의받고 '밀월(蜜月)'을 제조 출시하게 되었다. 밀원주는 순수 국내산 아카시아꿀을 사용하여 제품을 생산 할 계획이며, 고가의 주조원료임에도 불구하고 제품의 신뢰도 강화를 위해 모든 원료는 한국양봉협회의 엄격한 품질검사를 통과한 국내산 아카시아꿀로 제한하고 있으며, 또한 아카시아꿀의 부드러우면서도 강한 맛과 향을 잘 반영할 수 있도록 모든 공정을 철저히 관리하고 있다. 더욱 소비자의 신뢰와 사랑을 받을 수 있는 대한민국 대표 주류제조업체로 발전시켜 나가기위한 마케팅전략을 펴 나갈 계획이라고 말했다.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.18 no.12
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• pp.183-193
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• 2020

This study attempts to interpret the causes of offshoring and reshoring, find out facilitating factors and the areas where these happen mainly. In viewpoint of self-organization phenomena, the theory of prospect, quantitative analysis is performed by utilizing actual data of American Reshoring Association. This study shows that offshoring to the U.S. is positively correlated with market power in the U.S. and innovation of investment countries, while reshoring to U.S. is positively correlated with market power in the U.S. not with technology innovation. The reshoring of U.S. companies is influencing offshoring to U.S, emerging countries such as Asia tends to focus offshoring in short catch up cycle area like IT. This study is expected to contribute to investment support policy and decision for optimal production site. Further study will complete the economic benefit assessment model by reinforcing the impact factors of reshoring and offshoring.