미취학자녀가 있는 국민기초생활보장제도 수급 대상 다문화가족 결혼이주여성의 생활만족도 관련 변인

Abstract

This study examined the related factors of life satisfaction of married immigrant women with preschool children who are recipients of the National Basic Livelihood Security System. For this purpose, we drew data from the 2015 National Survey on Multi-cultural Families (NSMF). The target group was married immigrant women with preschool children who benefited from the National Basic Livelihood Security System (N=114). We used OLS regression to analyze the related factors of life satisfaction of the target group with the SPSS 23.0 program. The results are as follows. First, married immigrant women with preschool children who benefited from the National Basic Livelihood Security System were in their 30s and had maintained their marriage for about 8 years. The average monthly family income was below $900 and over half of them were not employed. They thought that they were healthy and were satisfied with their everyday lives. Even thought they had conflict with their spouses, they were satisfied with their spousal relationship and their spouse’s child care roles. They supported assimilation to Korean culture and their level of Korean language proficiency was at an intermediate level. Second, all independent variables explained 56% of life satisfaction in married immigrant women with preschool children who benefited from the National Basic Livelihood Security System. Satisfaction with spousal relationship and subjective health were positively associated with life satisfaction for married immigrant women. However, assimilation to Korean culture was negatively associated with life satisfaction for them. Findings of this study can provide implications for family life education programs and family policy within a multi-cultural society.