• 한국사회정책
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.257-285
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• 2016

The purpose of this paper is to examine the determinants of public attitudes toward welfare spending in relation with the perception of welfare level. Data from the national survey of 'the SSK Good Government Research Unit' are used to perform a logistic regression analysis of the association between welfare attitudes and government perceptions, political orientations, and socio-economic backgrounds. The most prominent finding is that the determinants of welfare attitudes differ markedly between the two different groups of welfare perception. The empirical results say that persons living in a corrupt government tend to prefer welfare spendings despite having low level of welfare, and persons living in a unjust government tend to prefer welfare expansion because welfare level must be low. Persons living in a government of great capacity tend to have positive attitudes to welfare spending despite having a high level of welfare, whereas persons living in a government of less capacity tend to have negative attitudes to welfare expansion because the level of welfare is too high beyond government capacity. This distinction between the two perceptions of welfare level provides a systemic understanding of public attitudes toward welfare spending.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.74-74
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• 2022

국민의 삶의 질을 개선하는 문제가 경제정책의 주요 의제로 떠오르면서 성장률 자체보다는 성장의 질을 개선하자는 논의는 이미 제기된지 오래이다. 물관리 분야에서도 상·하수도 보급률이100%에 가까운 수준으로 인프라는 완성단계에 있다고 해도 과언은 아니다. 그러나 홍수, 가뭄, 수질 오염 등 다양한 물 관련 사고가 빈번하게 발생하고 있으며, 지자체마다 피해의 대응수준도 차이가 있다. 물복지를 "모든 국민이 언제나 물이 제공하는 혜택을 받고 보다 나은 삶의 질을 보장 받는 것"으로 정의하였을 때 지자체마다 물복지 인프라 수준도 다르고 지역 주민이 느끼는 물복지 수준도 다를 것이다. 물복지 수준 향상을 위해서는 지역 주민이 체감하고 있는 물복지 수준에 대해서 조사하고 정책에 대한 시민들의 수요 조사를 통해 물복지 정책을 수립할 필요가 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 물관리 및 물복지 정책에 대한 우리나라 국민의 인식 수준을 파악하기 위해 2021년 10월 2천명을 대상으로 온라인 설문조사를 수행하였다. 특히 지역에 따른 물복지 혜택의 격차를 조사하기 위하여 거주 지역에 대한 물이용의 인식 수준을 함께 질문하여 물복지 지수 분석 결과와 국민의 인식 간의 격차를 확인하였다. 본 연구 결과를 통하여 대국민 인식을 반영한 물 정책 우선순위를 파악함으로써 최적 정책 시행 등 향후 물정책 방안 수립에 활용할 수 있다.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.55
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• pp.155-179
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• 2003

This paper compares two indicators, economic development and social condition, to find a better way to measure the level of social welfare development. The results show that social condition is more adequate indicator than economic development. The social condition has high correlation with the development of social welfare in all the 78 countries as well as in five groups of countries when the economic development is controlled. The comparison of two indicators reveals important findings. Among other things, the higher the level of social condition compared with economic development, the larger the social welfare expenditure. This tendency is particularly strong among the western European countries and former socialist countries. This result implies that the macro-level policy of social redistribution is also important for the development of social welfare in addition to micro-level policy of income redistribution. As we expected, the results show that the level of Korean social welfare development is very low. Considering our levels of economic development and social condition, predicted social welfare expenditure from regression model is at least 17% of GDP, but we are spending only 30% of this predicted expenditure. Another serious problem in Korean social welfare is unbalanced expenditure between social insurance and public assistance. On the basis of these results, this paper suggests three implications for social policy to improve Korean social welfare: First of all, the gap between predicted and actual expenditures should be closed to improve the minimum level of social welfare. Secondly, the level of social condition itself should be improved to increase the public awareness of social welfare. Finally, the wide difference in expenditure between universal and selective social welfare programs should also be removed to decrease the relative deprivation of the poor.

• Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.187-199
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• 2007

The purpose of this study is to investigate the psychological well-being of married female teachers working in public elementary schools in Gyeonggi Province and Seoul. Statistical analysis was carried out using SPSS 12.0 including frequencies, one-way ANOVA, Duncan-test. The findings were summarized as follows: First, they scored average 3.23 on a five-point scale of psychological well-being, which meant they were positive about psychological well-being. Second, with the background variables considered, marital status and subjective standard of life resulted in significant differences. Those who answered their subjective standard of life were high scored the highest point on the scale. Third, with the background variables considered, age, subjective standard of life and happiness, family relation and psychlogical health were shown to affect the psychological well-being.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2021.06a
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• pp.466-466
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• 2021

우리나라는 강수량과 수자원 부존량을 고려할 때 물 부족국가라는 평가를 받고 있다. 홍수와 물이용 등에 대한 국가적 평가나 물환경에 대한 평가지표는 개발된 바 있으나 물과 관련된 복지수준을 평가할 수 있는 지표에 대한 연구는 부족한 실정이다. 최근의 국내외 연구에서 물의 공급에 대한 만족도나 홍수에 대한 안정성 등에 대한 평가수단으로 국제적으로 물 빈곤지수 등이 제시되어 있지만, 물의 이용에 관한 복지적 개념이나 평가에 대한 연구는 기초적인 수준에 머물러 있는 실정이다. 본 연구에서 각 시군에서 매년 발간되는 통계연보를 이용하여 물의 공급과 이용 그리고 물 공급 인프라, 물 사용료, 하수처리비용 등과 같은 요금체계 등을 감안한 대구광역시와 경상북도 23개 시군에 대하여 물복지 수준에 관한 평가분석을 수행하였다. 그 결과 수자원분야 지표에서는 울진군, 기반시설 분야지표에서는 대구광역시, 용수공급 분야에서는 영천시, 사용자 분야에서는 영덕군, 경제성 분야에서는 봉화군이 가장 물복지 수준이 좋은 것으로 분석되었으며, 전체적으로 가장 물복지 수준이 좋은 곳은 문경시로 분석되었다. 또한 도시화율이 높고 인구가 많은 곳이 기반시설 분야에서는 우수한 편이나 전체적으로는 오히려 대도시보다는 중소도시의 물복지 수준이 높은 것으로 밝혀졌다.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare Studies
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• no.36
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• pp.81-101
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• 2008

The purpose of this study is to analyze characteristics of welfare level for the persons with disabilities in Korean local governments. The study adopted multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis. Based on prior studies and comparative importance research, three indicators were extracted from the welfare circumstance index for the disabled. They are the ratio of the registered disabled population, the ratio of the disabled household in poor households, the ratio of dependence on public finance. Also, nine dimensions and twenty seven indicators were extracted from the welfare level index. The dimensions are as follows : Education, income & economic activities support, welfare services infra-structure, health & welfare service support, movement convenience & safety, rights protection, culture, leisure & information accessibility, welfare administration & budget for the disabled. The findings from the welfare circumstance index show that local governments are divided into three groups and all indicators are statistically significant. On the other hand, the findings from the welfare level index, show that local governments are divided into four groups and five indicators are statistically significant. Based on these findings, the study proposes improvement in the disabled welfare level, and balanced development of local governments.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.12
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• pp.257-272
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• 2015

The purpose of this study is to investigate practical measures to provide a better welfare services in public sector through analyzing differences according to socio-demographic characteristics about the quality service of public welfare that social welfare officials perceive personally. The questionnaire has been conducted among 401 social welfare officials with 5 factors: tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, empathy and assurances. With the results, the age was the most conspicuous difference in five factors of quality service in general. The quality of welfare service appears lower level as the official works close to community members. Additionally, the analysis shows that social welfare officials have relatively low perception about reliability, responsiveness and empathy. The official in charge of social welfare needs to have a neighborhood-centered value orientation, and be a social worker and official in the field of substantive welfare. Therefore, this study has a meaning to suggest some directions of social welfare transition and basic delivery system by identifying their understanding.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.56 no.3
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• pp.183-205
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• 2004

This Study explored three issues in regard to the determinants of community service utilization among family caregivers of the dependent older persons. First, the differences between users and nonusers of community services were compared regarding to predisposing, enabling, need characteristics of the primary caregiver as well as the elder care recipient. Second, the variables which determined the contact of community services were examined. Third, the influence of the variables on duration of the community services among users was also examined. The data collected from 164 family caregivers were used for analyses. Findings suggest that community service users had higher education and higher emotional support, lower family income than nonusers. The level of cognitive impairment of the elder was also higher for users than nonusers. The entry into community services is more likely for elders cared for by caregivers who have higher educational attainment, lower family income and lower level of instrumental support. Once interaction terms for relationship between need factors and social support are entered, caregivers with poorer level of his/her perceived physical health and lower level of instrumental support are more likely to report use of community services. Among those reporting contact with services, more extensive use occurs for caregivers with lower emotional support and lower depression. The entry of interaction terms for relationship between need and support reveals that the combination of lower support(instrumental and emotional) and elder's greater physical impairment are associated with longer period of community service use. However, the effect of caregivers' depression followed the different pattern. For caregivers with greater depression, more supports are related with more service utilization. According to the results, implications for research and practice are discussed.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare Studies
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• v.40 no.2
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• pp.337-362
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• 2009

This study investigated the relation between social worker's reflective thinking levels and the usage of social work practice skills. Dewey definded reflective thinking as active, persistent and careful consideration of any belief. And social work practice skills refer to those purposeful intervention activities, that are intended to alleviate client's distress, enhancing a client's coping abilities. Reflctive thinking levels consists of intensive reflection, reflection, understanding and habit action. The key of social work practice skills can be categorized into three major categories: supportive skills, therapeutic coping skills and case management skills. These categories were designed to apply to a diverse range of client populations. This paper proves that social work's reflective thinking ability and interactions with other workers have an effect on the intervention activities. In conclusion, this research indicates that if social works have a higher reflective thinking levels, they will creat practice siklls and social work practice knowledge.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.13 no.7
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• pp.228-237
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• 2013

This study was conducted to contribute to career counseling and career guidance for universities students majoring in social welfare by examining how the career decision level and the career preparation behavior of the students are and the relationship between social work self-efficacy and the career decision level and the career preparation behavior of the respondents. For this study, the social work self-efficacy, the levels of career decision making and career preparation-related behavior of 502 students of social welfare in five universities were measured. The frequency analysis, correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis were used for collected data analysis. The research findings are as follows. Firstly, the levels of career decision making and career preparation-related behavior were slightly lower than mid-point on 5 point scale respectively. Secondly, social work self-efficacy was not correlated to their career decision levels while social work self-efficacy positively affected to the career-related behavioral levels. In particular, the client support self-efficacy of the three sub-factors in social work efficacy had a negative influence on the levels of career preparation behavior. Consequently, social work self-efficacy of the participants intensively was correlated with their career preparation-related behavioral levels.