This study mainly focused on the influence that the conflict between husband and his immigrant wife to the satisfaction level of marriage life and ultimately intend to supply the basic (fundamental) data to raise the satisfaction level of the family o...
This study mainly focused on the influence that the conflict between husband and his immigrant wife to the satisfaction level of marriage life and ultimately intend to supply the basic (fundamental) data to raise the satisfaction level of the family of international marriage.
To fulfill this purpose, we collected 240 sheets of questionnaires from the husbands of immigrant wives currently living in Seoul, Kyung gi Do and other local areas and 194 sheets of questionnaire of 240 were used for final analysis. The tool of this survey was asking the subjects
to answer each questions of structuralized questionnaire sheets which is self-reporting method.
SPSS12.0 method was used for the analysis of collected data and the descriptive statistics analysis, interrelation analysis and multiple regression analysis wer used.
The result of this study is as follows ;
First, after looking into husbands and his immigrant wives’
complication and the satisfaction level of their marriage life, the level of complication showed moderately 2.00 / 5.00.
By this result, the level of complication was not meaningfully significant and the average satisfaction level was 3.89 and this means the husbands of immigrant wives are satisfied with their marriage life.
Second, the influence on the satisfaction level of their marriage life that the husbands’ individual and social characteristics can have was not so meaningful. Among many factors which can influence on marriage life,
only the age factor can influence the satisfaction level of marriage life.
Third, the influence on the satisfaction level of their marriage life that the husbands’ relationship with their wives can have was meaningful (significant). Among many factors, the complication (trouble) about financial supporting and the truthfulness of their wives’ background information can influence the satisfaction level of marriage life. For the
truthfulness of their wives’ background information, the survey result showed that the more the wives’ background information was identical to the real information, the higher satisfaction level of marriage life is, but the hypothesis was rejected.
Lastly, the influence that the complication of the husbands and his immigrant wives can have on satisfaction level of marriage life was meaningful (significant). Among many factors, the complication caused by the differences between husbands and wives’ personalities and their sense of value, the complication from sexual life and communication,
complication from relationship with in-law family and their bad behaviors and habits can influence the satisfaction level of marriage life.
The limitation for this study and my suggestion for further study are as follows ;
First, the subjects for this research are the husbands of migrant wives who can contact with Immigrant Family Supporting Center, Supporting Center for Healthy Family, General Social Welfare Center. Therefore it is not easy to generalize the matter of the husbands of immigrant wives
who are in diverse situation.
Second, based on the satisfaction of marriage life of general couples, the questionnaire sheets used for this survey are not exactly accurate.
Therefore there is a need for improving the questionnaires which asks about the satisfaction of marriage life for internationally married couple’s family.
Third, this study mainly focused on the influence that the complication of the husbands and his immigrant wives can have on satisfaction level of marriage life. But it is important to compare different couple’s the satisfaction level of marriage life and to find out the variable (changeable) factors for satisfaction level and compare each factor for
the satisfactory marriage life and do more in-depth study on the differences among each factor.
Fourth, The rate international marriage will keep growing up in the future. Therefore, it is necessary to do more in-depth study on the satisfaction of marriage life and others so that their family can adjust to Korean society and settle down to this land.
Fifth, there are many good programs for immigrant wives in order for internationally married couples to settle down in Korean society and to lead happy marriage life. However, there are not enough programs for their husbands. More and more programs for them are needed. As the
result of this survey shows, the complication of husbands and wives was not meaningful (significant), but the complication caused by the differences between husbands and wives’ personalities and their sense of value was much higher than any other factors. Therefore, the programs
for immigrant wives which can make couples from different culture understand each other through are needed.
Lastly, there are some cases that similar or same programs are supplied by some supporting centers because each supporting center is not networked well. Therefore, it is necessary to develop (build up) the communication systems and the information networks so that the husbands of immigrant wives can access to social welfare service easily.