가정밖 보호체계 유형에 따른 아동의 삶의 만족도 비교

Comparison of Children’s Subjective Well-being by Types of Out-of-Home Care System: Focusing on Foster Care and Residential Care

The purpose of this study was to analyze the differences in the subjective well-being between foster care and residential care children. To research this, this study analyzed the 4th Korean Child Well-being Survey. The sample includes a total of 463 case in out of home care system (209 case in foster care and 254 case in residential care). For Analyzing the comparison by types of out-of-home care system, Structural Equation model and multi-group analysis were used. As a result, the community factors are associated with the subjective well-being of the children in out of home care and the current family factors as well as the school factors mediate with their association. However, there were differences in the antecedent factors affecting the subjective well-being of children between residential care and foster care. In foster care, the influence of micro-systems such as child characteristics and current families are relatively stronger, while community factors are more affective in residential care. The result of this analysis means that in order to improve the subjective well-being of out of home children, various customized services should be provided according to the type of out-of-home care.