The purpose of this study was to investigate family strengths and opinions on family life and theneed for healthy family service as perceived by Gunsan citizens. Using data drawn from 597(Male=302, Female=295) Gunsan citizens over 20 years of age, the following results were found.First, more than half of the respondents showed marriage-friendly and 3-children family-friendlyattitudes and perceived financial trouble as the most difficult problem followed by child rearing andeducation. Second, the need for child-care services provided by the Healthy Family Support Centerwas the highest followed by the need for a family culture program. As for family counseling, theneed for couples counseling was the highest, and in family education the need for child-rearingeducation was the highest. Lastly, more than half of the respondents (62%) regarded their family asthe strongest family type (RME). Many males in their thirties and females in their fifties perceivedtheir family as the strongest family type, while very few males and females in their forties did.Based on these results, several implications were suggested.