|
KMID : 0892720110150010037
|
|
Journal of the Korean Society of Maternal and Child Health
2011 Volume.15 No. 1 p.37 ~ p.47
|
|
|
The Effects of Participation of Husband"s Child-Care on the Health-Related QOL of Wife in Dual-Earner Households
|
|
Park Ji-Sun
Park Chun-Man
Kim Jung-Suk
Ryu Han-Su
Yoon Jung-Soo
Kazuo Nakajima
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
Objectives: The purpose of the study was to clarify the effects of participation of husband"s child-care on the health-related quality of life CQOL) of wife.
Methods: In this study, 214 household which have been using 15 nursery centers in S city, C city and Y city were surveyed. The questionnaire consisted to husband"s age, income, work condition, participation of child-care, wile"s age, number of children. age of youngest child, work condition, recognition of husband"s childcare support, marital satisfaction, mental health, health-related QOL. We designed the casual model to examine the relationship between husband"s participation of child-care and wife"s health-related QOL. Specifically, husband"s participation of child-care impact to wife"s marital satisfaction and mental health trough recognition of husband"s child-care support, and wife"s marital satisfaction impact a direct effect or through mental health indirectly on health-related QOL. Above model was examined by using structural equation modeling. We used the data from 214 household with no missing values on the variables.
Results: The fit indices were found to be CFI=O.991, RMSEA=O.054. This is statistically acceptable levels. It showed that participation of husband"s child-care had a significant influence on wife"s recognition about husband"s childcare support husband"s participation of child-care is contributing to health-related QOL through wife"s recognition about husband"s childcare support, marital satisfaction and mental health indirectly.
Conclusions : These results suggests that the promotion of husband"s participation of child-care is important.
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
dual-earner households, husband"s, child-care, GHQ-12, marital satisfaction, health-related QOL
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
|
|