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Developing Information Services and Social Integration of Marriage Migrant Women in Korea

정보서비스와 결혼이주여성의 사회통합

  • Kim, Anna (Department of Social Welfare, Daegu Catholic University)
  • Received : 2018.08.19
  • Accepted : 2018.09.10
  • Published : 2018.12.31

Abstract

Korea has experienced an increase in the number of immigrants in accordance with accelerated globalization. In particular, the rapid surge in international marriages and multicultural families has created social adaptation or inclusion problems for these families in Korean society. This paper examines how information services or technological education programs affect the social integration of marriage migrant women in Korea. Using survey data on international marriage migrant women, we conducted multiple and logistic regression models to examine the relationship between information and technology services and life satisfaction and employment status. The results show that the experience of using social services tends to have positive effects on life satisfaction. Having experiences of information services or technological education improves marriage migrant women's chances of employment and increases their willingness to work or start a business. This indicates the importance of information services or technological educational training and social services in improving social adaptation and integration of marriage migrant women in Korea.

오늘 날 한국사회는 세계화와 함께 빠른 이주민의 증가를 경험하고 있다. 특히, 급격히 증가하는 국제결혼과 다문화가족의 확대는 한국사회 내 이주민의 사회 적응과 통합 문제를 제기하게 되었다. 이에 본 연구는 이주민의 사회통합과 정보서비스 및 기술교육 서비스와의 관계에 주목하였다. 결혼이주여성에 대한 서베이조사를 활용하여 이들의 삶의 만족과 고용형태에 정보서비스 및 기술교육이 어떠한 영향을 주는가를 다항 및 로짓 회귀분석을 통해 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 사회서비스를 사용한 경험은 삶의 만족에 긍정적인 영향을 보이고 있다. 즉 정보서비스 및 기술교육의 경험은 결혼이주여성의 고용기회를 확대하였으며 그들의 창업 혹은 취업의지를 증가시키는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 한국사회 결혼이주여성의 사회통합을 위해 정보서비스, 기술교육프로그램 및 기술교육서비스의 제공이 중요한 역할을 수행함을 보여준다.

Keywords

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Fig. 1 The total number of international marriages

Table. 1 Information Services and Life Satisfaction

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Table. 2 Factors Affecting Life Satisfaction

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Table. 3 Influence of Information Education on Social Integration

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Table. 4 Descriptive statistics of marriage migrant women

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