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Principal Investigator(s)

Chung, Ki-Seon / Gyeonggido Family & Women Research Institute

Producer(s)

Gyeonggido Family and Women’s Development Institute

Abstract

Gyeonggi-do has a relatively high rate of international marriages compared to other areas and not only has a high number of marriage immigrant women but also foreign men who are married to Korean women. The purpose of this survey is to examine the family life and state of international marriage immigrants in Gyeonggi-do and to seek support policy measures. The survey was conducted separately among families with foreign husband and families with foreign wife, and this data was collected from foreign wives, their husbands, and parents-in-law. The questionnaire is composed of contents on process of international marriage, family and spousal relations, child rearing and relationship with children, social life and economic activity, state of welfare and need for welfare services, personal matters, and attitudes of parents-in-law towards their children and grand children.

Keywords

international marriages international migration multicultural family aliens foreigners emigration family values marital relationship marital conflict role within the family family relations conflict between mother-in-laws and daughter-in-laws childrearing child education nationality identity parent-child relationship language barriers communication social adaptation cultural differences collective participation social relations economic activity preparation for old age health condition social support welfare services social security life satisfaction

Subjects

Migration/ Ethnic groups

Citation

Chung, Ki-Seon. Survey on the Marriage Immigrant Families in Gyeonggi-do, 2006 : Families with Foreign Wife [Dataset]. Gyeonggido Family and Women’s Development Institute [Producers]. Korea Social Science Data Archive (KOSSDA) [Distributors], 2009-03-12, https://doi.org/10.22687/KOSSDA-A1-2006-0081-V1.0.

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