The purpose of this study is to predict a change in marriage attitude and the future family and to seek a plan for forming healthy family. It has significance in examining influence of financial independency and psychological separation upon their mar...
The purpose of this study is to predict a change in marriage attitude and the future family and to seek a plan for forming healthy family. It has significance in examining influence of financial independency and psychological separation upon their marriage attitude targeting the unmarried men and women and in allowing the unmarried men and women to possibly prepare and perform the developmental task.
To examine influence of financial independency and psychological separation upon marriage attitude targeting the unmarried men and women in over 20 years, this study carried out self-administered questionnaire method with the use of the structured questionnaire.
This study selected 354 unmarried men and women who dwell in Seoul, Daejeon, Daegu, Gyeonggi-do and Gangwon-do. Data analysis was carried out frequency, percentage, the mean & standard deviation, t-test, one-way ANOVA, and multiple regression analysis by using SPSS Win 18.0 program.
Summarizing the results of this study, they are as follows.
First, as a result of examining survey subjects' propensity of relevant variables, the marriage attitude in the unmarried men and women was indicated to be averagely 70.3 points, thereby having shown the positive tendency on marriage as a whole. The financial independency was indicated to be 65.4% for the current financial independency, to be 78.3% for the desired financial independency, to be 60.5% for marriage-cost burden ratio, to be 2.3 points for financial support period, to be 23.7 years old for separation period, and to be 23.5 years old for age of having the first job, as 6 sub-variables. When even the psychological separation is changed into 100 points, it was indicated to be high level with 75 points for separation from mother and 70 points for separation from father, thereby having been separated from mother a little more psychologically than father.
Second, it was indicated to have influence upon financial independency depending on survey subjects' gender, age, job, an individual's averagely monthly income, academic background, the appearance of living together with parents, and the dual-income appearance. The financial independency was indicated to be higher in men than women, in the higher age, in having a job, in an individual's high averagely monthly income, in junior college as academic background, in the lower household financial level, in not living together with parent, and in single income of parents. In the psychological separation from father according to survey subjects' socio-demographic characteristics, the significant difference between groups wasn't shown. In the psychological separation from mother, the lower financial level was indicated to be not separated psychologically from mother.
Third, the sub-variables in financial independency of having influence upon marriage attitude showed significant result in the desired financial independency & financial support period, in the marriage-cost burden ratio, in the independent period, and in the first job. Classifying it by gender, even any variable wasn't indicated significant result in women. However, men were elicited significant result in all variables except financial support period.
Fourth, examining relative influence of relevant variables of influencing the marriage attitude in the unmarried men and women, the marriage was indicated to be preferred more in men for gender, in the lower age, in having religion, in the more delay of the financial support period, and in the lower marriage-cost burden ratio. When having inputted all the relevant variables, the gender showed the greatest influence. The influence is being explained in order of financial support period, age, and marriage-cost burden ratio. The conservative propensity was indicated or preferred for marriage in men than women, in the lower age, in the later period of receiving financial support, and in the lower marriage-cost burden ratio.
According to the above main results, the discussion of this study is as follows.
As the influence of financial independency upon marriage attitude is indicated to be great, there is significance in having suggested necessity of a research on financially-related variables as well as the parents' existing attachment and family function, and in having recognized importance. And, there is a significance in having proposed necessity of developing and vitalizing diverse educational programs for financial independency and psychological separation in the unmarried men and women.