• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.217-228
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• 1997

A Study on individual Characteristics and Daily Activities of Housewives in the City of Kwangju. This study examines housewives' daily activities, focusing upon individual characteristics. The data used in this study are based on the fuestionaire survey, asking of personal trip for the weekdays and the weekend. Daily activities are classified into 7 categories and individual characteristics are revealed by age, occupation, a degree of education, number of family, and the residential environment. The results of this study are as follows: 1) The relations between daily activities and individual characteristics are influenced by housewife's occupation. Daily activities of housewives who have jobs are different from those who do not have jobs for a weekday as well as for a weekend. 2) Housewives' daily activities show very busy and vigorous on Saturday. 3) Housewives who are employed are willing to make mutipurpose trips on Saturday. 4) For a weekday, housewives' daily activities are inclined to make one cycle trip in a day, and the more trip cycles are, the more multipurpose trips are made. 5) The relationships between daily activities and individual characteristics show the pattern of WH, WLH, LHLH as it can be grouped.

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.122-125
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• 2004

Factor analysis is estimated using housewives's intention data in Seoul province. Rice consumers considered safety, high nutritive value, shape and cultivation region as important factors in buying rice. The factors of food safety are brand and quality certification mark. The differences of two housewife groups on safety factor are caused by residence type, employment existence and residence region. The marketing strategies for rice containing food safety target housewives living in apartment, Gang Nam region. Also selling extension for target consumers housewives should be employed.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.155-174
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• 2000

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of family strengths and self-esteem on depression among married women who have adolescents in middle and high school of their first child in Korea. To measure of depression using the CESD(the center for epidemiologic studies depression scale), the degree of husewives' depression was relatively higher than that of employed married women. As for the related variables, educational degree, S.E.S(socio-economic status), self-esteem turned out significant in housewives' depression. But, in the case of employed married women, these were not significant. Therefore, we are confirmed that the etiologic model of this study was more proper to housewives than employed married women. Finally, in both cases of housewives and employed married women, the effects of family strengths were mediated or moderated by self-esteem in predicting depression. The results of this study called for the encouraging of married women's self-esteem, the parti ipation of various social programs for housewives, and the programs to strengthening of their family relationships.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.41 no.1
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• pp.125-138
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• 2003

한국기혼 여교수의 가족 및 직업역할 수행과 그 효과 및 인식 본 연구는 한국의 중상 층 기혼 여교수들의 그들의 가정과 직장생활의 균형을 위한 복수역할 수행에 따른 역할 긴장도 와 역할 만족도를 조사하는 것과 한국 기혼 여교수들이 그들의 취업이 자신과 가족에게 어떤 영향을 미친다고 인식하고 있는지를 조사하는데 그 목적이 있으며, 기혼여교수들과 4년제 대학에 근무하는 남자교수들의 부인 및 한국과학 기술연구소의 연구원들의 부인인 전업주부들과 비교하여 조사하였다. 본 연구의 결과에 따르면 여교수들은 전업주부들과 비교하여 더욱 높은 역할 만족도와 긴장도를 경험하는 것으로 나타났다. 대부분의 여교수들은 자신의 취업이 자녀들과 가족들에게 긍정적인 영향을 미친다고 인식하고 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.68-79
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• 1994

본 연구에서는 주부가 가족자원을 적정하게 지각하는데 영향을 미치는 요인과 주부의 가정관리수행에 영향을 미치는 요인을 분석하고, 가족자원에 대한 적정지각이 가정관리수 행에 어떤 영향을 미치는지를 규명하고자 한다. 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 주부는 대인관 계자원과 주거자원에 대한 적저지각이 가장 높고, 건강자원, 지식.기술자원, 시간자원, 지역사회자원, 금전자원의 순으로 저정하게 지각하고 있다. 둘째, 전체 가족자원적정지각에 영향을 미치는 변수는 학력, 월평균소득, 취업유무, 하루평균 가사노동시간, 주택소유형태, 내구재소유수이다. 세째, 주부의 대상별 가정 관리수행 수준에서는 기질.성격에 대한 관리수행 수준이 가장 높고, 그 다음은 애정관리이며, 지식.기술에 대한 수행이 가장 낮게 나타났다. 네 째, 주부의 대상별 가정관리수행에 전반적으로 유의한 영향을 미치는 변수는 주부가 지각하는 남편의 가사조력도이다. 끝으로, 전체 대상별 가정관리수행은 전체 가족자원적정지각과 정적상관을 가지며, 주부가 지식.기술자원을 보다 적정하게 지각할수록 전체관리수행 수준은 높게 나타났다.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.179-188
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• 1995

본 연구의 목적은 주부의 시간성향에 따라 시간관리행동에 차이가 있는지를 파악함으로써 시간성향의 중요성을 밝히고, 주부의 생활경영과정에서 시간사요의 효율성을 창조하는 능력으로서의 인적자원계발을 위한 하나의 자료가 되고자 하는데 있다. 본 연구의 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 주부의 시간성향은 단선적 시간성향이기보다는 복합적 시간성향인 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 주부의 사회인구학적 특성에 따라 시간성향의 차이를 보면 변인은 거주지와 취업여부였다. 세째, 주부의 시간성향에 따른 시간관리행동은 사회하를 제외한 모든관리행동 즉 계획/우선순위(p<.001), 표준설정/단순화(p<.05), 목표설정(p<.001), 심리적 긴장감해소(p<.001), 분담화(p<.05), 기계화(p<.05)에서 차이를 보이고 있다. 유의미한 차이를 보인 모든 관리행동에서 복합적 시간성향의 주부가 관리행동을 더 잘하였고 특히 계획/우선순위와 목 표설정 관리행동에서 월등히 잘하는 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.11-21
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• 1995

본 연구는 도시 주부들의 가치.목표.표준과 가정관리목표달성의 정도를 측정하고 관련변인과 이들 변인들 간의 관계를 규명하고자 하였다. 연구대상은 서울시에 거주하는 433명의 주부를 대상으로 하였고 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 가정관리목표달성에 직접 영향을 미치는 변인은 목표설정, 수행표준, 자원제약, 운명통제지향 변인으로 나타났고, 자원제약과 운명통제지향은 목표설정과 수행표준을 매개로 한 간접효과도 있었다. 또한 학력, 가족수, 월평균 수입, 취업등의 변인들을 자원제약과 운명통제지향을 매개로 한 간접영향을 미쳤다.

• Journal of the Korean housing association
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.1-9
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• 2002

The purpose of this study was to analyze the differences housing needs between Korean and Japanese employed wives. Subjects consisted of 90 Korean employed and 141 Japanese employed wives who have children aged between 0-12 years old. The subjects were surveyed with a questionnaire specifically developed for this study to evaluate the housing needs of this growing segment of population. The data were analyzed using the SPSS statistical package. The results of descriptive statistics, x$^2$-test, multiple linear regressions are presented. The findings were as follows: 1) Korean employed wives depend on grandparents and relatives in their child-care and housework when the wives were out. On the contrary, Japanese employed wives put much more values on aid of their husband and community facilities fur child-care and housework. 2) The housing community needs showed significant differences. Korean employed wives wanted to provide a better physical environment for child-care and education of children more than Japanese employed wives. But Japanese employed wives needed more convenient community facilities that could be socialized housework than Korean employed wives. 3) Korean employed wives wanted gathered apartment house, and Japanese employed wives wanted row house. In comparison of working space needs in individual house, Korean employed wives wanted dining kitchen filled with many kinds of electric appliance including laundry space more, Japanese employed wives wanted LDK type which they have family interaction more and to depart laundry space from kitchen.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.43 no.7 s.209
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• pp.53-65
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• 2005

We analyzed the dynamics of the family system and the economic well-being by utilizing the socio-demographic objective economic and subjective economic factors of urban employed housewives. The survey was conducted in Seoul and three other major cities. The subjects consisted of employed housewives in these areas who were currently cohabiting with their spouses and had at least one child. The preliminary and main survey questionnaires were distributed between November 12, 2001 and February 27, 2002, and 254 survey questionnaires were collected and analyzed We applied the frequency, average, percentage, Cronbach's $\alpha$, simple regression and multiple regression analysis by using SPSS/PC WIN. The findings were as follows. First, the mean score of the availability of life information was 3.21. Second, when the stability of husband occupation increased, the dynamics of family system worked very well. Third, the dynamics of family system didn't have any influence on the economic well-being.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.163-177
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• 1986

The purpose of this study is to present basic data of clarifying the differences between employed and unemployed wives' family and comparing low classes with other classes for the more reasonable and successful home administration through investigating and analyzing decision-making patterns of the families of working women in the low income group. The questionnaires were distributed in September 1984 to 300 working women in the city of Seoul and Sung-Nam. Statistical methods such as frequency, percentage and the mean value were used for grasping general characteristics of the families and F-test, Pearson's Correlations were used for investigating the interrelation of the related variables. The results of this study were as follows; 1) Wife's participation indecision-making was increased while joint decision-making was decreased compared with those of unemployed wives' family and other classes. 2) Both of the degree of conjugal participation in decision-making and joint decision-making were influenced by wife's educational level, disparity in educations of couple, husbands' occupation, family income, wife's age. But duration of marriage affected only the degree of joint decision-making. Especially family income and husbands; occupations turned to be important variables in low income families. 3) In case of wife's satisfaction with her occupation, joint decision-making was well achieved or not according to certain decision items. Though wife and husband satisfied with their marriage, joint decision-making was not well performed in working wives' family with low income.