저소득 모자가정 가구주의 자립의지에 영향을 미치는 요인들에 관한 연구 = A Study on the Factors that Predict Low - Income Single Mothers' Sense of Self - Reliance

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Little is known about low-income single mothers` sense of self-reliance. This paper empirically examines the status of low-income single mothers` sense of self-reliance and the factors that predict its level. This study uses data collected from 761 low-income single mothers who responded to the mail questionnaires among 1,137 single mothers who reside either in the public facilities for single mother famlies or in the community residences. This study showed that low-income single mothers` sense of self-reliance is high. Its mean was 22.15 and its median was 23 in the zero-to-thirty-point scale. Among the general characteristics of the single mothers, education, health, employment status, vocational training experience, monthly income, monthly saving, attitude about employment, life satisfaction, and perception of sex role had statistically significant relationships with their sense of self-reliance. In the aspect of single mothers` family characteristics, this study showed that the difficulties in child rearing and the type of residence had statistically significant relationship with low-income single mothers` sense of self-reliance. This study also showed that, in the aspect of social support characteristics for single mothers, governmental financial assistance had significant relationship with the dependent variable. The results of multiple regression analysis showed that single mothers` life satisfaction, attitude about employment, perception of sex role, residence type, vocational training experience, and governmental financial assistance were the statistically significant predictors for low-income single mothers` sense of self-reliance. This paper made an attempt at a unique analysis of low-income single mothers` sense of self-reliance which can be a very important variable relevant to achieving their self-reliance. Indeed, this paper provides basic knowledge about low-income single mothers` sense of self-reliance, identifies research areas that require further study, and an important policy implications for supporting low-income single mothers` self-reliance.