다문화가정의 사회적 지원 방안

Social Support Methods for Multi-cultural Families:Focused on the Survey of Multi-cultural Families in Yeongi District

The purpose of this study is to provide basic materials on social supporting methods for multi-cultural families. 161 participants from the husbands and their foreign spouses in Yeon-gi District were analysed, SPSS 15 was used for the analysis. The results were as follows: First, during the stage of family relationship formation, family education programs are needed to be developed and put into practice. Specifically, the programs should include integrated information service on life in Korea, designated help desk in public offices, translation services, regulation on the international matchmaking businesses, and family education according to life-cycle. Second, programs should be sought to use the female immigrants married to Koreans as valuable human resources for the development of the local community. The methods need to be specified and customized to their region(urban or rural area), social status, nationality, residential period, and level of education. Third, the policy and supporting programs should be developed in the way of interactive adaptation and integrated approach, respecting the cultures of the female immigrants married to Koreans.