여성 결혼 이민자의 한국 식생활 적응요인 및 식행동 연구 = Influential Factor on Korean Dietary Life and Eating Behaviour of Female Marriage Migrants

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study aims to guide international families to obtain ideal dietary life by finding out female marriage immigrants` eating habit, dietary behaviour, and the influential factors in their experience of adjusting to a new food culture. Most female marriage immigrants who participated in this survey were, on average, 29.37 years old and have lived in Korea less than one year. Majority of them (43.8%) have graduated from high school as well. The time it took female marriage immigrant participants to get used to Korean food was between 1~3months, depending on the length of residence in Korea, which brought different result(p<0.05), participants who have been living in Korea less than 7 years adjusted to Korean food faster than those who have been living in Korea more than 7 years. For participants who have tried Korean food before they came to Korea showed higher level of satisfaction with Korean food than those who didn`t (p<0.05). Most participants tried Korean food through Korean restaurants in their home countries; it showed how popular Korean food became in other countries. Most participants lacked confidence with cooking Korean food and showed strong desire to learn how to cook Korean food. Preferred Korean dish to learn varied over race(p<0.05) Chinese participants wanted to learn how to cook Jun-Gol (beef with vegetables cooked in casserole)and a pot stew(33.3%), Vietnamese participants chose Kimchi dish(37.1%), Uzbek participants picked wild vegetable and seasoned green(50.0%) and Filipina chose all of above dishes(26.7%). When choosing their favourite Korean dish among dog meat, Uk-Gae-Jang(soup of chopped beef with various condiments), spicy fish soup, minced raw beef, and fruits, the results were differ over participant`s nationalities(p<0.05), original food culture and their race played important roles.