ISSN : 1229-4713(Print)
ISSN : 2288-1638(Online)
ISSN : 2288-1638(Online)
결혼이주여성의 사회적 관계망 비교: 이주여성과 일반여성 비교를 중심으로
A comparative Study of Social Networks in Married Immigrant Women: Focused on a Comparison of Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino Women with Korean Women
Abstract
This study aims to reveal differences in social networks according to country of origin betweenmigrant women and non-migrant Korean women. The migrant women were divided into groupsbased on their home countries, which included Vietnam, China, Japan, and the Philippines, and thena non-migrant Korean women's group was included, creating five groups to examine differences inthe size of and support provided by their social networks. After socioeconomic status was controlledfor to investigate the difference in country of origin rather than socioeconomic status, differences innetwork size and satisfaction levels regarding social support were measured according to ethnicgroup and country of origin. In order to do this, the study conducted a questionnaire with migrantwomen and non-migrant Korean women residing in Gwangju and Jeonnam. The questionnairecompleted by 443 migrant women and 353 non-migrant Korean women were used for data analysis.The results suggested that general characteristics including socioeconomic status and level ofparticipation in social networks varied in migrant women and non-migrant Korean women.Specifically, while the size of social networks did not vary across country of origin, satisfaction withsocial support did vary somewhat. A significant difference was found depending on country oforigin even after socioeconomic status was controlled for, indicating that national and ethnic identityinfluenced levels of satisfaction with social support. Accordingly, a suggestion was made to giveadditional social support to migrant families and provide programs to help migrant women acquirecoping techniques that would lead them to use social support more actively and develop more waysto interact with others in their social network.
결혼이주여성,사회적 관계망,사회경제적 지위,사회적 지원,Married Migrant Women,Social Networks,Socioeconomic Status,Social Support