지역사회 주민의 공동체의식에 관한 연구 = A Study on the Residents' Sense of Community in Korea

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The objectives of this study were: (1) to measure the level of residents' sense of community in Korea; (2) to determine the variables associated with sense of community; (3) to identify relationships and relative importance between the above variables and sense of community; and (4) to draw implications for promoting residents' sense of community.
The dependent variables for this study were composed of 15 items of sense of community based on the related theories(McMillan & Chavis, 1986; Glynn, 1981; Davidson & Cotter, 1986; Nasar & Julian, 1995) and review of literatures. The data for this study were collected from 750 residents from three different regional categories(a large city, small and medium cities, and rural communities) using individual and group interviews. After data cleaning, 558(74.4%) available respondents were identified for the data analysis for this study. Descriptive and the inference statistics such as t-test, analysis of variances, multiple regression analysis, and Scheffe's test for a post-hoc interpretation were employed with an a priori alpha level .05.
The research showed that the sense of community was significantly related to regional characteristics(size), demographic characteristics(gender, age, level of education, income, marital status, number of (a) child(ran), and age of (a) child(ren)), residential characteristics(length of residence, home ownership, and housing type), the attitude associated with community(recognition of community, satisfaction of community facilities and services, and evaluation of residents), and community participation level(neighboring relations and community activities). Especially, Five determinants such as participation of community activities, participation of neighboring relations, evaluation of residents, degree of community satisfaction, and degree of community recognition explained 53.2% of the total sense of community variance.