• Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.668-680
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was conducted to evaluate the relationship between the perception of Korean traditional food and the national identity of Uzbekistan-Koreans. National identity was characterized into 4 dimensions, i.e., psychological identity, national independence, compatriot affection, and continuance of national culture. Data were collected from 634 Koreans living in Uzbekistan and were analyzed by chi-square and ANOVA. The results showed that the perception of Korean traditional food is significantly correlated with the national identity of Uzbekistan-Koreans, and that the dimensions of national identity are likely to vary depending on generation, educational level, and hometown of Uzbekistan-Koreans. Similarities and differences in the perception of traditional food by national identity are discussed, and the implications for food and nutrition specialists, especially for those who have an interest in traditional food in connection with the folk culture in Asian areas, are provided.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.207-220
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• 2009

This study investigates the obstacles to implementing family-friendly policies and offering flexible work arrangements and provides policy directions. A survey was conducted of employers at 147 firms, resulting in 42-43 questionnaires being statistically analyzed. Frequencies, means and factor analysis were conducted by SPSSWIN 12.0. The findings are as follows: First, the main obstacle to implementing family-friendly policies was the burden of cost. Second, eight obstacle factors were extracted through factor analysis. They are; lack of replacement workers and concerns about equity issues, nonfamily-friendly culture, no guarantee of the effectiveness of programs, lack of information about the programs or polices, lack of communication and public relations, potential loss of productivity, administrative hassles, and structural obstacles. Third, there was a difference in implementing flexible work arrangements according to the factors of lack of replacement workers and concerns about equity issues and no guarantee of the effectiveness of programs. That is, the firms which didn't have these two obstacles tried to implement flexible work arrangements more than the others.

• Korean Journal of Culture and Social Issue
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.267-298
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• 2024

Childcare support for working mothers is crucial for women's smooth transition into society, career development, and well-being. Based on interviews with 10 Korean working mothers with children aged 0-2, this paper explores the process of utilizing childcare support services, psychological experiences, and plans for work-life balance using the grounded theory analysis method. The analysis revealed three categories: the decision-making process before using the childcare services (past), experiences during the use of childcare support (present), and future plans for work-life balance (future). The decision-making process before using childcare support services consisted of the following categories: seeking information about childcare support services, having family discussions during the decision-making process, the proposer and decision-maker of the services, and the final decision on childcare support services. Experiences during the use of services included economic burdens, changes in postnatal career paths, disparities between expectations and the reality of pre- and post-childbirth, discrepancies between expectations and reality in work-family balance, factors affecting of quality of life, and the division of household and childcare responsibilities with husbands. Plans for future work-life balance included categories such as the desire for career advancement, the desire to maintain a career, the desire for temporary or reduced career commitment, and uncertainty regarding future career plans. Finally, the study investigated whether there were differences in the past and present service usage processes and experiences based on plans for future work-life balance. This research suggests the need for multidimensional support for working mothers' work-family balance and well-being, and highlights the need to reduce uncertainty about women's future careers.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.63-76
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• 2010

A law facilitating a family-friendly social environment was legislated in December 2007. According to the law, projects for facilitating a family-friendly social environment consisted of a family-friendly working environment, a community environment, and the promotion of a family-friendly culture. There has been much progress in developing a family-friendly working environment through projects such as those advocating for flexible work hours, an employee support system, and child care and a family care support system. However, in terms of a family-friendly community environment project, there was no noticeable advancement. Hence, this study was conducted to find ways to vitalize the family-friendly village project in terms of the family-friendly community environment project. The major findings of this study were as follows: A family-friendly village could be structured on the three axes of time, space, and relation. The model of the family-friendly village project consists of the following three steps: motivation, systematization, and participating & practicing. In the motivation step, integration, community, and sustainability were needed as basic ideologies for a family-friendly village. In the systematization step, providing systematic educational systems for residents taking on leadership and activist roles was stressed. In the participating & practicing step, many ways to facilitate residents' social relationships were suggested: starting the project from matters of common interests, making the resolution of families' problems a communal task of the residents, accepting the opinions of various groups associated with the matter, and taking a differentiated project process according to the geographic, socio-economic, and demographic characteristics of the groups. It is strongly suggested that the family-friendly village should be taken as a common functional scheme in everyone of eight livable village models because a key factor in a family-friendly village, family care, serves an essential function in any livable village model.

• Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.83-97
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• 1993

The purpose of this study is to serve as the basic data for the possible effort of succeeding to traditional culture. The major findings of this study are as follows : On the question about [the importance of Special Days] was shown to average score of 3.8 On the question about [helpfulness degree of Seasonally Special Days] was shown to average score of 3,4 Regarding to the kinds of Seasonally Special days that people celebrate most, [The New Year's Day], [Chusok(Chinese Thanks-giving day)], [Dried Vegetables and mixed bowl of five-sort grains(Chusok:The 1st Full-Moon Day)], [Red beans Gruel (The Winter Solstice)] were shown to enjoy most. In preparation of dishes for Seasonally Special Days, about 58% of the respendants answered that they prepared them at their own homes. [Rice Cake] was shown to the highest among the kinds of ready-made deshes for Seasonally Special Days. On the hand down to foods for Seasonally Special Days, about 38% of respondants answered that they do want to their daughters, The significant variable on family environment for this if family religion. On the prospect for succession of the Seasonally Special Days' customs including the dishes, about 80% of respondants answered that a part of them would be handed down to next generations. The significant variable on family environment for this is subjects' religion. On the degree of recognition of the Seasonally Special Days, mothers's group was predominent(compared with daughters')

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.10 no.1 s.19
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• pp.229-238
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• 1992

According as the modern form of the family becomes nuclearized, inevitable is the isolation of the family. The relationship of the neighborhood and the kinsmen are being dissolved, making the isolated and unsteady nuclear family. We need a community in the modern society, for we are facing a lot of social problems as the nuclear family. The problems are as follows ; the rearing of the children, the alienation of a woman and the woman's roles in the society. In addition to those problems, there are also such some other problems as the alienation of the old man and the social roles of them. That is to say, the community appeared as a kind of attempt to overcome the above-mentioned problems, Kibbutz may be itself called and enlarged family to function as one family even though it is not just a blood relationship. The American commune is a large family community as a group to overcome the alienation and solitude of the nuclear family. On the other hand, the urban community is the small-scaled and cooperative family to solve the problem that the modern nuclear family is a unit living solitarily and unsteadily. But in fact, even in such a community, there are much tension and conflict against its establishing purpose. In my opinion, if those communities have to surmount the tension and conflict which are derived from the process in a bid to overcome the troubles like the alienation and solitude of the nuclear family. The bond of family must be consolidated among all the members of the community. And then community may be co-existed with the traditional family as the alternative family in the future, which can supply the deficiency of the unsteady unclear family.

• Human Ecology Research
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• v.55 no.2
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• pp.167-180
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• 2017

This study makes suggestions on the contents of home economics to form adolescents' values of a healthy marriage and family. For this objective, family-related contents of high school home economics textbooks between Korea and the U.S. were comparatively analyzed using a qualitative interpretation method, based on the elements of a healthy family. Obtaining nine types of high school technology & home economics textbooks (2009 revised curriculum), two types of high school home economics science textbooks (2009 revised curriculum), and five types of the U.S. home economics textbooks for grade 10 to 12, contents elements, described contents, pictures, illustration, and activity tasks of the contents were examined. This study discussed the implications of family-related content in home economics high school textbooks of Korea as well as presented suggestions to be used as basic data for the development of subject content. The results of the study can be summarized as follows. In the results of analyzing the family-related contents in home economics textbooks of both countries, Korean home economics textbooks emphasized the contents meeting a democratic and gender-equal family relationship, maintenance & creation of healthy family life culture, rational resource management, and support for children's growth & development. However, U.S. home economics textbooks focused on elements such as economic stability of family, stable food, clothing, and shelter, open conversation, support of children's growth & development, rational resource management, sharing family roles, healthy citizenship, and harmony between work and family.

• Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.428-435
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• 2004

Alkaloid producing species of plants have long been a major component of the medicinal social and magico-religious aspects of human culture. A diverse array of biological activities has been attributed to different alkaloids including numerous members of benzylisoquinoline family of alkaloids. For biotechnological approaches of alkaloid biosynthesis in poppy family, plant regeneration protocol through somatic embryogenesis or shoot organogenesis is a first step. This paper describes the methods and applications of plant regeneration of poppy family.

• Proceeding of Spring/Autumn Annual Conference of KHA
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• 1995.10a
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• pp.103-113
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• 1995

This paper is a part of "The Study of The Traditional Korean Ethnic Farmhousing in Yanbian China. The purpose of this study is to investigate the activities of the Chung-ji-kan(the combined kitchen and major ondol living room). Of the traditional farmhouse. It is based on a survey of 124 households in the farm villages of Lungching China. Survey research methods included a field study in Dallajae. A questionnaire was used to conduct this study. The major findings are : 1) the average family is 3.25 persons and the nuclear family type is prevalent; 2) the building plan of the farmhouse is the Ham-Kyoung-Do `double file` dwelling type, the average 5.2kan(51.1m2) house: 3) the Chung-ji-kan ondol is the important center of activities for the farm family: thus the sitting life style of Korean ondol culture continues in Yanbian, China.hina.

• Journal of the Korean housing association
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.1-15
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• 1997

This paper is a part of “The Study of The Traditional Korean Ethnic Farmhousing in Yanbian. China. The purpose of this study is to investigate the activities of the chung-ji-kan(the combined kitchen and major ondol living room). of the traditional farmhouse. It is based on a survey of 124 households in the farm villages of Lungching, China. Survey research methods included a field study in Dallajae. A questionnaire was used to conduct this study. The major findings are: 1) the average family is 3.25 persons and the nuclear family type is prevalent; ) the building plan of the farmhouse is the Ham-Kyoung-Do ‘double file’ dwelling type, the average 5.2kan(51.1$m^2$) house; ) the chung-ji-kan floor changed from straw matting or seomyu-pan(a kind of veneer board) to a vinyl flooring; 4) the chung-ji-kan ondol is the important center of activities for the farm family; thus the sitting life style of Korean ondol culture continues in Yanbian, China.