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KMID : 0904520090260010137
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Health and Medical Sociology
2009 Volume.26 No. 1 p.137 ~ p.163
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A Study on International Married Woman Migrants and their Husbands’ Adjustment on Family Lives in Gyeonggi-do Province
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Park Chae-Kyu
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Abstract
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The purposes of this study are to examine the adjustment on family lives experienced by international married woman migrants and their husbands to analyze what factors have effects on their adjustment on family lives, and to suggest some ways improving the adjustment on family lives. In order to accomplish those purposes, this study used the data composing of 425 international marriage couples that the Geyonggido Family and Women’s Research Institute surveyed international married families in 20067.
According to data analysis, international married woman immigrant tended to experience higher stress from her husband, parents, law-in parents, children’ problems rather than family economic problems. On the other hand, her husband tend to do higher stress from family economic one. This study also found some important facts from the regression on family lives’ adjustment measured by the stresses that the international married woman immigrant and her husband were experiencing in their everyday lives such as family economic problem, spouse, parents problems. That is, the frequency of spouse quarrel and marriage-type have significant effects on both international marriage woman immigrant and her husband’s adjustment on family lives. However, the variables of husband’s false information, child birth, and the change of her standard of living in her homeland and in Korea have significant effects on woman immigrant’s adjustment on family lives. On the other hand, the age difference between husband and wife just has a significant effect on the husband’s family stress.
Given those findings, this study suggested some ways to improve the adjustment on family lives of international married women migrant and her husband. The first one is to improve the Korean ability of the international married woman immigrant because it can help her to reduce the family conflict through enough conversation among her families. It is also necessary for her to participate in a mandatory Korean Language education from her early immigration with her husband together. The second one is to consolidate the penalty to prevent the exaggeration of the husband’s information. The third one is to support the international married woman immigrant to get pregnant and give birth in a stable and healthy condition. Finally, it is necessary to emphasize education and publicity for Korean men wishing for a international marriage that instead of looking for young women, finding the appropriate mate for their age and condition is the way to build a happy marriage.
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KEYWORD
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International Marriage, Adjustment on Family Lives, Women Immigrant
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