가계경제적 변인과 일만족도가 기혼 직장 여성의 결혼만족도에 미치는 영향

Abstract

This study set out to investigate the effects of household economic variables and work satisfaction on marital satisfaction. The focus of this study is on married women who work for a living. Data came from the Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women & Families 2016. The final sample size was 2811 working married women in South Korea. Stepwise regression is used for the analysis. The major findings of this study were as follows: First, the highest level of work satisfaction was on security and the lowest was on fringe benefits. Second, marital satisfaction was different according to age of wife, age of husband, educational attainment of wife, educational attainment of husband, income, expenditure, tangible assets, financial assets, savings, value of home, perceived economic status, and work satisfaction. Third, the prominent determinants of marital satisfaction were work satisfaction, age, financial assets, perceived economic status, and expenditure. Work satisfaction was the strongest among them. These findings have an important pragmatical meaning in that they show the determinants of marital satisfaction by working married women. The limitations and implications of the findings from this study were discussed with respect to further studies.