• 소비문화연구
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.213-247
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• 2012

본 연구는 저소득층 가계의 소득구조, 자산구조 및 지출구조의 경제구조를 분석하고, 이를 토대로 저소득층 가계의 경제적 복지를 위한 정책을 제언하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 2009년도 한국복지패널조사(KOWEPS) 자료를 토대로 실증분석을 실시하였다. 실증분석 결과, 소득구조의 경우, 저소득층 가계는 근로소득, 사업·부업소득 및 재산소득 규모가 적었고, 이전소득 규모는 컸다. 한편 저소득층 가계는 사적이전소득 규모가 적었고, 공적이전소득 규모는 컸다. 저소득층 가계는 이전소득 비중이 가장 많았고, 공적이전소득 비중이 사적이전소득 비중보다 많았으며, 공적이전소득 중 정부보조금 비중이 가장 많았다. 극빈곤층 가계는 근로소득, 금융소득 및 사적이전소득 규모가 가장 작은 반면에, 공적이전소득 규모가 가장 컸고, 빈곤층 가계는 이전소득 규모가 가장 작았다. 극빈곤층, 빈곤층 및 차상위층 가계 모두 이전소득 비중이 가장 높았다. 자산구조의 경우, 모든 자산종류에서 저소득층 가계는 그 규모가 작았지만 특히, 금융자산 및 기타자산 규모가 작았다. 자산종류별 구성비는 저소득층 가계는 총부채 비중이 가장 높았고, 주택자산 비중은 높은 반면에 부동산자산, 기타자산 및 금융자산 비중은 낮았다. 모든 자산종류에서 극빈곤층 가계가 차상위층 가계에 비해 그 규모가 작았다. 세 가계집단 모두 주택자산 비중이 가장 높았지만, 그 중 극빈곤층 가계의 비중이 가장 높았다. 지출구조의 경우, 모든 지출비목에서 저소득층 가계는 그 규모가 작았다. 저소득층 가계는 식료품 비중이 가장 컸고, 그 다음으로 기타소비 비중이었다. 대부분의 지출비목에서 차상위층 가계보다 극빈곤층 가계의 지출 규모가 작았으나, 월세 규모는 극빈곤층 가계가 빈곤층 가계나 차상위층 가계보다 컸다. 세 가계집단 모두 식료품 비중이 가장 컸고, 그 다음이 기타소비였다. 한편 식료품, 월세 및 광열수도 비중은 극빈곤층 가계가 차상위층 가계보다 높았다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 독거노인의 사회경제적 지위 잠재유형을 분류한 후, 사회경제적 지위 잠재유형과 자아존중감과의 관계를 살펴보았다. 이를 위해 2009년도 전국노인학대실태조사의 자료 중, 65세 이상 독거노인 1,333명의 자료를 분석하였다. 연구문제를 해결하기 위해 잠재유형분석 및 일원변량분석, 위계적 회귀분석을 실시하였으며, 주요 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 사회경제적 지위는 5개의 잠재유형으로 분류되었으며, 각각 고학력-저소득 집단, 저학력-저소득 집단, 중간학력-저소득 집단, 고학력-고소득 집단, 저학력-고소득 집단으로 명명되었다. 둘째, 자아존중감은 저학력-저소득 집단이 저학력-고소득 집단, 고학력-저소득 집단, 고학력-고소득 집단보다 낮게 나타났으며, 중간학력-저소득 집단이 고학력-저소득 집단과 고학력-고소득 집단보다 낮게 나타났다. 또한, 저학력-고소득 집단의 자아존중감이 고학력-고소득 집단보다 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 저학력-저소득 집단에 비해 고학력-저소득 집단, 중간학력-저소득 집단, 고학력-고소득 집단, 저학력-고소득 집단은 자아존중감에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 이러한 결과는 통제변수가 추가 투입된 모형에서도 일관되게 나타났다. 이를 근거로 독거노인의 하위집단별 특성에 관한 기초자료와 그들의 삶의 질을 향상하기 위한 실천 및 정책적 함의를 제공한다.

• 사회복지연구
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.5-30
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• 2011

본 연구의 목적은 복지서비스 이용이 저소득가구의 가족갈등에 미치는 영향을 파악하기 위한 것이다. 이를 위해 한국복지패널 1, 2차 년도에 참여한 1,779가구(중위소득 60% 미만)의 자료를 위계적 로짓 모델로 분석하였으며 주요결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 저소득 가구의 복지서비스 이용정도는 매우 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 복지서비스를 이용하지 않은 경우에 경제적 어려움의 증가는 가족갈등을 경험할 확률을 증가시켰다. 셋째, 경제적 어려움의 수준이 높아질수록 가족갈등을 완화시키는 복지서비스의 영향력은 증가하였다. 이러한 연구결과를 바탕으로 본 연구는 1) 가족갈등을 완화시키기 위해 경제적 어려움을 경험하는 가구에게 복지서비스가 집중되어야 하고 2) 가족관계 증진 프로그램을 통해 저소득 가구의 경제적·신체적·심리적 부담을 줄여주는 통합적인 복지서비스 제공이 필요하다고 제안하였다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권9호
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• pp.4221-4227
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• 2012

Cancer of the uterine cervix is a worldwide menace taking innumerable womens' lives. The literature is vast and a large number of studies have been conducted in this field. Analyses have shown significant differences exist in terms of screening and HPV testing facilities among high income and low to middle income countries. In addition, acute lack of awareness and knowledge among the concerned population is particularly noted in rural areas of the low income countries. A detailed review of Indian case studies revealed that early age of marriage and childbirth, multiparity, poor personal hygiene and low socio-economic status among others are the principal risk factors for this disease. This review concludes that a two pronged strategy involving strong government and NGO action is necessary to minimize the occurrence of cervical cancer especially in low and medium income countries.

• International Journal of Human Ecology
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.115-130
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• 2013

This study reviews the current status of Korean first graders, their experience with early care and education (ECE) programs, and their participation in private and after-school education. The research also examines how school adjustment during the first grade is related to family income, types of ECE programs, and participation in private and after-school education. Using the first year data of the Korean Child and Youth Panel Survey (KCYPS) 2010, this study analyzes 752 first graders who attended only one of two types of ECE programs (child care centers or kindergartens), after which two 25% income extremes were examined. The analysis demonstrates that children from low-income households attended child care centers more often, while children from high-income households attended kindergartens more often. For both low-income and high-income groups, child care centers had a lower starting age and longer attendance periods than did kindergartens. High-income household children started attending ECE programs earlier, experienced more private and after-school education, and received a larger number of private and after-school educational lessons. For the second research purpose, children from low-income families showed better peer relations in school adjustment, while children attending child care centers showed better teacher relations than children attending kindergartens. Children with after-school education also exhibited better peer relations. These findings show the importance of government support for early learning, especially for low-income families and offer a foundation for developing private education polices for early childhood before and after school entry.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제45권6호
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• pp.21-33
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• 2007

본 연구는 미국 North Carolina의 Durham Chad and Development Study에 참여하는 161 가족의 자료를 이용하여 소득 수준과 인종에 따라 가족들이 선택하는 영아 보육의 특성을 밝혀보고자 하였다. 생후 1년 동안의 영아 보육 선택에 있어 시간에 따른 변화 또한 분석하였다. 소득이 높은 가족들은 더 낮은 소득의 가족들과 비교하였을 때 어머니가 아닌 다른 사람에 의한 영아 보육을 더 많이 이용하였다. 흑인 가족들은 백인 가족에 비해 영아 보육을 더 많이 이용하였다. 저소득 가족은 친척에 의한 보육을 많이 사용하였고, 고소득의 가족은 데이케어 센터와 같은 보다 형식적인 보육에 의존하는 경향이 보였으나, 소득이 보육의 형태에 미치는 영향은 통계적으로 유의하지 않았다. 저소득층 가족은 영아 보육을 더 이른 시기에 시작하였으며, 유의하게 적은 보육 비용을 지출하였다. 이러한 본 연구 결과들은 저소득층을 위한 영아보육 정책의 중요성과 더불어 영아를 위한 보육 선택에 있어 문화적 차이의 역할을 재조명하였다고 볼 수 있다.

• 한국보건간호학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.372-383
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• 2013

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the current state and trends of factors influencing the quality of life in low- income elders living at home. Methods: To carry out this study we established the patient, intervention, comparison, outcomes (PICO) strategy, reviewed 241 published documents from both national and international electronic databases, and finally selected 9 references based on inclusion and exclusion criteria alone. The quality of selected references was assessed using 15 questions. Two reviewers independently examined titles and abstracts and assessed whether each met the predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results: The following factors were significantly associated with quality of life in low- income elders: (1) demographic factors such as number of children, income, and age; (2) health - related factors such as joint exercise capacity, activities of daily living/instrumental activities of daily living, health perception, health promotion behavior, and depression; and (3) socio environmental factors such as family support, community-based service program, leisure activity, and the number of neighborhoods involved. Conclusion: The results of our study provide a definite basis for the development of a policy strategy to improve the quality of life in elders with low income and we hence strongly recommend that any strategy to improve the quality of life in low-income elders be based on the results of our study.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제24권4호
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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.

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제51권3호
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• pp.341-353
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• 2013

The object of this study is to examine the relationship between temperament (emotionality, activity, sociability, and shyness) and the resilience (social competence and language ability) of preschool children from low-income families and the moderating effect of maternal warmth. The subjects were 86 low-income preschool children (42 girls and 44 boys; mean age, 70.57 months), their mothers and teachers, recruited from five daycare centers in Namyangju city and Ansan city located in Gyeonggi-do area. Each child's language ability was individually assessed with with the standardized measure, Preschool Receptive-Expressive Language Scale (PRES) and their teachers reported on children's social competence and parents reported on their child's temperament by questionnaire. The collected data was analyzed by correlation analysis and hierarchical regression. The main results of this study were as follows. First, children's emotionality in temperament and maternal warmth had main effects on social competence. Second, only monthly income level and sex had main effects on language ability. Third, maternal warmth moderated the effects of children's shyness in temperament on social competence and language ability as resilience. Findings could provide basic information for programs to promote resilience in preschool children from low-income families.

• 여성건강간호학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.348-357
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• 2021

Purpose: This study aimed to explore and understand the health promoting behaviors of low-income overweight and obese women in Korea. Methods: Data were collected from 10 low-income overweight and obese women working at a community self-sufficiency center through semi-structured in-depth interviews. Individual interviews were conducted and transcribed. Deductive content analysis was done, using the MAXQDA program. Results: The health promoting behaviors practiced by low-income overweight and obese women were affected by intrapersonal, interpersonal, and organizational/ community factors. Six categories were identified and two category clusters were derived that could best describe their health promoting experiences. As main category clusters, despite "feeling that the body and mind are not healthy" participants noted "difficulty maintaining a healthy lifestyle." Overall, the participants had poor nutritional status, lacked physical activity, experienced much stress in intrapersonal level, and faced intrapersonal-level barriers to health promoting behaviors. Moreover, participants had a lack of personal will, and lack of specific information to practice health promoting behaviors, a lack of time, and too many overall burdens to earn a living for their family while trying to maintain health promotion behaviors. Conclusion: Lifestyle interventions for nutrition management, encouragement of physical activity, and stress management are needed for overweight and obese low-income women. In addition, social support and policies are needed to improve their living environment.