• The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.193-206
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• 2011

Due to the great impact of private education expenses on many areas including economics and politics, reducing private education expenses is one of the key issues in Korea. In this paper, we analyze the data from a survey on private education expenses, conducted by Statistics, Korea, in 2008. We study the effect of some demographic variables on two dependent variables, the expenses for out-of-school private education (Private) and the expenses for after-school programs (Afterschool), by using a multiple linear regression model. The analysis results show that 'residential area' and 'school level' variables have a significant effect on the two dependent variables. 'Private' increases in the order of small town, middle town, or metropolitan city, and Seoul, by about 7%. On the other hand, 'Afterschool' are about the same for all areas except for the small town. In terms of the effect of 'school level', 'Private' for high school students is about 17% larger than all other students including professional high school students. This shows a strong correlation between university admission and private education, in Korea. 'Afterschool' is larger for high school and elementary school students and decreases in the order of professional school students and middle school students. It seems that after-school programs are alternatives to expensive private education programs for elementary school students, and that high school students are attracted to after-school programs to get a good GPA, which is important for university admissions.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.12 no.12
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• pp.771-778
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• 2012

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of the after school sports club activity on the school life satisfaction in the middle school students. A total of 640 middle school students in D city at september, 2012 were selected using the stratified cluster random sampling method. The survey instrument was utilized for the current study. Independent variables included participation or non-participation and the level of participation(frequency, duration, intensity), and dependent variables contained the school life satisfaction(classmate, teacher, learning activity, school event, and following rules). After the pilot test, the frequency analysis, exploratory factor analysis, reliability analysis, t-test, correlation analysis, and regression analysis were conducted with the SPSS 18.0 program. Main findings were as followed: First, the school life satisfaction of the middle school students participating in the after school sports club activity was higher than it of non-participants. Second, the level of participation in the after school sports clubs activity had an influence on the school life satisfaction. In detail, satisfaction with the school life of students who frequently, long, and intensively participated in the after school sports club activity was higher.