논문편 : 효규범에 대한 사적인 고찰 - 호혜성 및 공정성을 중심으로 -

성미애,옥선화 ( Mi Ai Sung,Sun Hwa Ok ) 대한가정학회 1997 Family and Environment Research Vol.35 No.3

사회투자론적 관점에서 본 새 정부의 가정정책 : 분석과 과제

성미애,송혜림,Sung, Mi-Ai,Song, Hye-Rim 한국가족자원경영학회 2008 가족자원경영과 정책 Vol.12 No.4

The purpose of this study is to analyze and assess the family policy of the Lee administration and to suggest agendas for sustainable future family policy. Traditionally, families are a unique unit of production and reproduction of family members and social laborers. In addition, families are the social safety net help people survive in a society. Therefore, family policies play an important role in contemporary society. In this context, we review the literature related to family and social policy, and the contents of Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs, which is the main authority in Korea. The results are as follow: Firstly, the Lee administration ignored the data showing that family policy should be a unique policy, and not a sub-division of welfare policy. Secondly, there is no difference between the active welfare policy of the Lee administration and policies of past administrations. Finally, this study suggests that subjects of future oriented family policy should focus on co-developing programs for the individual, family, and society, to develop problem-prevention and family needs- ordered policy, and to make integrated family policy through laws and delivery systems such as Healthy Family Centers.

빈곤 한부모 여성의 부모권 보장과 일·가족 양립

성미애(Sung Mi-ai),진미정(Chin Mee-jung) 한국가족학회 2009 가족과 문화 Vol.21 No.3

이 연구는 빈곤 한부모 여성들의 부모권 보장이라는 관점에서 이들이 경험하는 일·가족 양립 문제와 조건, 양립 전략과 그 한계점이 무엇인지 파악하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 이를 위해 질적 연구 방법을 사용하여 26명의 빈곤 한부모 여성을 인터뷰하였다. 빈곤 한부모 여성들은 일과 가족생활을 양립하면서 취업 중단, 자녀들에 대한 통제, 자녀들의 정서⋅행동 문제들을 경험하였고, 양육자 역할을 잘 수행할 수 있도록 일자리의 유형이나 취업 시기를 조절하였다. 빈곤 한부모 여성들은 어머니로서의 역할을 우선시하면서 동시에 부양자 역할을 수행할 수 있는 전략을 선택하는데, 기초생활수급과 자활사업에의 참여, 부업을 통한 소득 보충이 그 구체적 전략이었다. 이러한 결과들을 통해 이 연구에서는, 빈곤 한부모 여성들을 위한 정책이 일자리와 자활 중심의 복지정책을 넘어서 가족정책의 관점에서 빈곤 한부모 여성들의 부모권을 보장하고 일⋅가족 양립을 지원하는 정책이 필요하다는 결론을 도출하였다. This study explores how low-income single mothers balance work and family. A total of 26 single mothers who received public assistance and participated in workfare were interviewed using focus-group interviews and in-depth interviews. The results suggest that the low-income single mothers tend to put the priority on the mother role instead of the provider role and choose the jobs which can be balanced with child caring. They choose to receive public assistance and participate in the workfare program because these programs allow them to do both child caring and work. Their parental right of being a good caring mother needs to be assured. Family policy should entitle their parental right and satisfy both child caring and work needs of low-income single mothers.

출산 연기형 무자녀 기혼 여성의 관점에서 본 출산 연기의 맥락과 정책적 제언

성미애(Mi ai Sung),최연실(Youn shil Choi),이재림(Jae rim Lee) 한국가족학회 2015 가족과 문화 Vol.27 No.1

본 연구는 출산 연기형 무자녀 기혼 여성이 어떠한 맥락에서 출산을 연기하며 향후 출산에 대해 어떠한 인식을 갖고 있는지를 살펴보고, 이를 토대로 저출산 정책에 대한 제언을 도출하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 결혼 후 3년이 경과하였고 일시적으로 출산을 연기하고 있다고 보고한 무자녀 기혼 여성 5명과의 심층면접 자료를 주제 분석법을 사용하여 분석한 결과, 이들이 출산을 연기하는 가장 중요한 사유는 경제적 부담이었다. 이외에도 일과 자녀양육을 병행하기 어려운 현실, 자녀를 대체하는 애완동물의 존재, 그리고 시간적으로 자유롭고 경제적으로 여유로운 부부 둘만의 생활에 대한 만족 때문에 출산을 연기하였다. 그러나 이들은 출산 연기에 대한 주위의 부정적 시선으로 인해 부담감을 느꼈다. 출산에 대한 양가부모의 압력에 대해서는 부모의 경제적 지원 여부에 따라, 부당한 참견이라고 인식하거나 죄송한 일이라고 인식하는 대조적인 태도를 보였다. 이들의 향후 출산 의향은 부모됨에 대한 개인적 태도나 가족의 여건에 따라, 부담스럽지만 출산을 하겠다는 입장과 최대한 출산을 미루겠다는 입장으로 나뉘었다. 본 연구의 결과를 토대로 볼 때, 저출산 정책은 다자녀가족에 대한 지원에만 초점을 맞추기보다 출산을 계획하고 있는 예비부부나 무자녀 가족을 고려하는 방향으로 확대해야 하며, 미시적으로는 양성평등적 성역할 공유에서부터 거시적으로는 가족친화 사회환경 조성이 이루어져야 할 것이다. 또한 자녀양육에 대한 지나친 부담에서 벗어나 자녀를 독립적인 인격체로 보는 자녀관의 확립이나 공보육 및 공교육 체계의 정상화가 선행되어야 할 것이다. 이상과 같은 연구결과는 저출산 대응 정책에서 출산을 연기하는 집단과 관련하여 무엇을 고려할 필요가 있는지에 대한 구체적인 정보를 제공했다는 점에서 의의가 있다. The purpose of this study was to explore the context of childless married women who decided to postpone parenthood and their perceptions of having a child in the future. We also aimed to provide implications for public polices in response to the low fertility rate in Korea. In-depth interviews were conducted with five childless women who had been married for over three years, who reported that they were temporarily postponing parenthood, and who were younger than 50 years old. Three major themes emerged from our thematic analysis: (a) reasons for postponing parenthood, (b) others’ negative perspectives of postponing parenthood, and (c) intentions to have a child in the future. Economic pressure was the key reason they gave for postponing parenthood. The participants thought that childbirth and childrearing would be an economic burden and that properly raising a child meant providing the child with sufficient economic resources. They also postponed parenthood because they believed it would create challenges including juggling between work and child care due to a lack of satisfactory child care support, a possible career interruption, and a lack of shared housework support from their husbands. Other important reasons were having a pet that substituted for a child or feeling comfortable with a childless life style. Other people’s negative perspectives of postponing parenthood put considerable pressure on the participants. The women felt uncomfortable with their parents’ or parents-in-law’s attitudes if they did not agree with the women’s decision to postpone parenthood. Some participants thought that their decision to delay parenthood was the couple’s own business, while others perceived that it was a choice a filial daughter or daughter-in-law should not choose. Economic support from the parents or parents-in-law contributed to these contradictory perceptions. The participants thought the overall societal perceptions of childless couples who postponed parenthood were still negative in Korea despite recent changes. The participants’ intentions to have a child varied depending upon their family circumstances and their attitudes toward parenthood. Some women planned to become a mother in the near future while others wanted to postpone parenthood as long as possible or considered remaining childless. Regardless of their intentions, all of the women perceived childbirth and childrearing as a “burden” or “assignment” as compared to their childless lives that they characterized as having sufficient free time and economic resources. Based on the findings of this study, we suggest that public policies in response to low fertility rates should be extended to include premarital couples and childless married couples rather than exclusively supporting families with multiple children. At the micro level, it would be crucial to infuse egalitarian gender roles among couples and to reform Koreans’ attitudes toward children so they can view children as independent human beings rather than putting a heavy emphasis on parental roles and investments. At the macro level, public policies need to focus on building family-friendly social environments as well as strong public child care and education in order to remove societal barriers for parenthood.

남성 퇴직자의 생활태도 유형화 및 유형별 퇴직후 적응도

성미애(Mi Ai Sung),옥선화(Sun Wha Ok) 대한가정학회 2002 Human Ecology Research(HER) Vol.40 No.1

한국 가족 및 친족 개념에 대한 연구: 가족관련 법을 중심으로

성미애 ( Mi Ai Sung ) 대한가정학회 2009 Human Ecology Research(HER) Vol.47 No.4

질적 연구를 통한 한국가족의 양계화 현상에 대한 진단적 접근

성미애(Sung Mi-Ai) 가정과삶의질학회 2006 가정과삶의질연구 Vol.24 No.3

40, 50대 비혼 여성의 자유로운 비혼의 삶, 불안한 노후, 그리고 정책으로부터의 소외

성미애 ( Mi Ai Sung ) 한국가족관계학회 2014 한국가족관계학회지 Vol.19 No.2

The purpose of this study was understanding of how never-married women in their 40s and 50s recognized their single lives, their anticipated elderly lives, and policies. For this goal, I used a qualitative method. The participants were 13 single women in their 40s and 50s who had never been married. In-depth interviews were carried out, focusing on never-married women’s views about their single lives, their future elderly lives, and policies. The result of theme analysis indicated that the participants considered their single lives as a comfort and free lifestyle after their 40s. However they still felt uncomfortable other``s curious concerns. In particular they experienced unfair treatment in everyday lives. Also, because they though that spouse and children will be important supporters for elderly lives, they recognized their future lives as unsecure. However this kind of unsecure feeling on their elderly lives was reduced by housing ownership or job stability. In addition, they though that they will care themselves until 70 or 75 years old. After that, they wanted supports from the government. Finally, because they did not receive any kinds of benefit from the government, they had indifference to policies. What was worse, they felt that policies, especially tax collection, were unfairness to singles than other married couples with children. They concerned only the life-support policies for elders who live alone.

남녀 은퇴자의 은퇴전이 경험과 생활만족도에 관한 연구: 젠더차이를 중심으로

성미애 ( Mi Ai Sung ),최새은 ( Sae Eun Choi ) 대한가정학회 2010 Human Ecology Research(HER) Vol.48 No.9

This study examined the effects of individual, family, and career characteristics on retirees` life satisfaction and investigated the interactive effect of gender on the relations between retirement and life satisfaction. Data were drawn from 2 waves of Korean Retirement and Income Study (KReIS). The analytic sample included 158 retired men and 145 retired women in the second wave and all of whom had worked at the first wave. The results indicated that psychological and physical health conditions significantly affected retirees` life satisfaction. Also, family characteristics in terms of a spouse`s work status and children`s developmental stages, such as marriage and employment, influenced retirees` life satisfaction. Financial support from adult children living elsewhere also significantly affected retiree`s life satisfaction. The interaction effect of gender was only found in effects of living arrangement (living alone/with a spouse vs. multiple generations living together) on retirees` life satisfaction.

건강가정사의 역할, 자격 및 양성 방안

성미애(Sung Mi-Ai),이현아(Lee Hyun-Ah) 가정과삶의질학회 2004 가정과삶의질연구 Vol.22 No.5