분거부부 아내의 부부관계만족도 관련 요인: 학령기 자녀 유무에 따른 차이

Abstract

This study investigated the factors related to the couple relationship satisfaction of 213 wives in commuter marriages and whether the factors differed for those with or without children in school age. Data were extracted from the 6th wave of the KLoWF. Analytic results revealed that, first, wives with school-aged children shared more time with husbands and were more satisfied with their husbands’ sharing of domestic labor and couple relationships. Second, wives with school-aged children had better couple relationships when they were in commuter marriage due to the husband’s workplace and were more satisfied with the husband’s sharing of domestic labor. Third, wives without school-aged children had higher couple relationship satisfaction when they lived apart due to the husband’s workplace, were more satisfied with the husband’s sharing of domestic labor, had traditional family values, when the husband’s income was higher than the wife, and when couples shared more time. Findings suggest that child education might have acted as a significant factor in the wives’ assessment of couple relationships, and that interventions that aims to improve couple relationships in commuter marriage should consider the family life cycle.