A research has been performed centering on the present status, the realities, and the cultural adjustment in the marriage-migrant women by the social welfare field from the early 2000s on the marriage-migrant women, who are rapidly increasing from the...
A research has been performed centering on the present status, the realities, and the cultural adjustment in the marriage-migrant women by the social welfare field from the early 2000s on the marriage-migrant women, who are rapidly increasing from the late 1990s. The purpose of this study is to suggest implication for strengthening satisfaction with life in the marriage-migrant women by examining how much the satisfaction with life is felt by the marriage-migrant women themselves, who got married to Korean men of dwelling in Gyeongsangbuk-do Province and by grasping which influence the general characteristics, social & economic factors, and family-relation satisfaction in the marriage-migrant women have upon satisfaction with life.
The following are the findings of this study that analyzed targeting 5,272 marriage-migrant women in Gyeongsangbuk-do Province out of the original materials for ‘Survey 2009 on Multicultural Family Realities Nationwide.
First, there is difference in satisfaction with life depending on general characteristics(age, academic background level, dwelling period, nationality acquisition appearance, Korean language ability) in the marriage-migrant women. The shorter dwelling period, the younger age, the more excellent speaking and writing ability, the lower academic background level, and the less nationality acquisition were indicated to have more significant influence upon satisfaction with life. The reading ability was indicated not to have significant influence.
Second, there is difference in satisfaction with life depending on social & economic income, housing possession type) in the marriage-migrant women. The satisfaction with life was indicated to be higher in the more case of the marriage-migrant women without employment than the case with employment, in the higher social-participation frequency, in the higher averagely monthly household income, and in the more closer to possession of the person in question or of spouse in housing possession type. This showed statistically significant difference.
Third, there is difference in satisfaction with life depending on family-relation satisfaction in the marriage-migrant women. Out of the family-relation satisfaction, the relational satisfaction with spouse had the greatest influence upon satisfaction with life in the marriage-migrant women. There is influence in order of the relational satisfaction with spouse, brothers and sisters and the relational satisfaction with spouse and parents, and showed statistically significant difference. However, the statistically significant difference wasn't indicated between relational satisfaction with children and satisfaction with life.
Fourth, the marriage-migrant women's general characteristics, social & economic factors, and family-relation satisfaction have influence upon satisfaction with life.
As a result of inputting independent variables in order to examine influence of the marriage-migrant women's general characteristics, social & economic factors, and family-relation satisfaction upon satisfaction with life, the explanatory power of a model was indicated to be 41.8%. Among independent variables, the satisfaction with spouse was indicated to have the greatest influence upon the marriage-migrant women's satisfaction with life. It was indicated to have influence in order of the satisfaction with spouse's brothers and sisters, satisfaction with spouse's parents, academic career level, and averagely monthly household income, and age.
Seeing the above findings, the marriage-migrant women's family-relation satisfaction has the greatest influence upon satisfaction with life. Thus, if the marriage-migrant women are satisfied with relationship with family because of living with forming a family through marriage, the whole satisfaction with life in Korea seems to likely get higher.
Accordingly, there is a need more than anything for operating diverse programs available for promoting family-relation satisfaction in marriage-migrant women and for the education of understanding about marriage-migrant women targeting families and local residents. In other words, to reinforce satisfaction with life in marriage-migrant women, an effort will be needed that husbands, families, neighbors to which the marriage-migrant women belong, and all members of being related can proceed with living together by recognizing these people as a member of Koreans as a social member.