An Analysis of Socio-Economic Factors Associated with Private Forest Owners' Knowledge of Forestry Practice

사유림소유자(私有林所有者)의 임업지식수준(林業知識水準)에 영향(影響)을 미치는 사회경제적(社會經濟的) 제요인(諸要因)의 분석(分析)

  • Cho, Eung Hyouk (College of Agriculture, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Koo, Sam Hoe (Division of Forest Management, Chungnam Provincial Office)
  • Received : 1984.08.29
  • Published : 1984.12.30

Abstract

The study was carried out to investigate the relationship of certain socio-economic factors to the private owner's knowledge of forestry practices. The dependent variable was knowledge level in forestry, and the six independent variables were owner's age, educational level, forestland area, socio-economic status, communication and socio-psychological factors. For the study the data were collected by interviewing 258 private forest owners, and analized primarily by multiple correlation statistical technique. The sampled private owners were grouped into two categories: the common owners and model owners. 1) The average score of forestry knowledge of common owners was lower than that of model owners, and the difference was about 15 scores. The scores of other independent variables such as age, educational level, forestland area, socio-economic status, communication and socio-psychological factors of common owners were also significantly lower than those of model owners. 2) The common owner's knowledge of forestry practice were positively correlated with educational level, socio-psychological and communication variables. On the other hand, the model owner's were negatively correlated with the educational level, but positively with the socio-economic status and the socio-psychological variables. 3) The multiple correlation coefficient between the common owner's knowledge scores and six independent variables was 0.5667. About 31.46 percent of the variance of this knowledge could be explained by the communication variable, and other 1.42 percent by the socio-psychological factor. In the case of model owners, the multiple correlation was 0.5332, and about 16.62 percent of the variance of the knowledge could be explained by the communication variable, and ls.y percent by the socio-psychological factor. 4) The opportunity of communication contact through the mass media, personal communication and owner's social participation should be augmented for the effective forestry extension works, because it is one of the results of the study that the private forest owner's knowledge in forestry was greatly affected by communication variable.

본(本) 연구(硏究)는 우리나라 사유림소유자(私有林所有者)의 임업지식수준(林業知識水準)을 수량화(數量化)하여 평가(評價)하는 동시에, 지식수준(知識水準)에 영향(影響)을 미칠 것으로 생각되는 사회(社會) 경제적(經濟的) 제(諸)요인(要因)과의 관계(關係)를 개별적(個別的), 종합적(綜合的)으로 구명(究明)하고자 실시(實施)하였다. 연구자료(硏究資料)는 175명(名)의 일반산주(一般山主)와 83명(名)의 독임가(篤林家)를 대상으로 모집(募集)하였으며 그 결과(結果)를 요약(要約)하면 다음과 같다. 1) 임업지식점수(林業知識點數)는 일반산주(一般山主)가 독임가(篤林家)보다 약(約) 15점(點) 정도(程度) 낮았으며, 연령(年齡)은 6.6세(歲), 교육수준(敎育水準)은 1.4점(點), 임야면적(林野面積)은 223ha, 사회(社會) 경제적(經濟的) 지위(地位)는 5.2점(點), 전달매개변수(傳達媒介變數)는 11.3점(點), 사회심리변수(社會心理變數)는 5.8점(點)이 낮았는데 그 차(差)는 매우 유의적(有意的)이었다. 2) 일반산주(一般山主)의 임업지식수준(林業知識水準)은 전달매개변수(傳達媒介變數)와 1% 유의수준(有意水準)에서, 사회심리변수(社會心理變數) 및 교육수준변수(敎育水準變數)와 5% 유의수준(有意水準)에서 정상관(正相關)을 나타내고 있다. 독임가(篤林家)의 임업지식수준(林業知識水準)도 역시 전달매개변수(傳達媒介變數)와 1% 유의수준(有意水準)에서 정상관(正相關)을 이루고 있으며 사회심리변수(社會心理變數) 및 사회(社會) 경제적(經濟的) 지위변수(地位變數)와 5% 유의수준(有意水準)에서 정상관(正相關)을 이루고 있다. 3) 임업지식수준(林業知識水準)과 6개독립변수(個獨立變數) 간(間)의 중상관계수(重相關係數)는 일반산주(一般山主)가 0.5667, 독임가(篤林家)가 0.5332로서 매우 유의적(有意的)이었다. 임업지식수준(林業知識水準)에 대한 독립변수(獨立變數)의 상대적(相對的) 영향력(影響力)은 일반산주(一般山主)의 경우, 전달매개변수(傳達媒介變數)에 의하여 31.46%, 사회심리변수(社會心理變數)에 의하여 1.42%가 설명(說明)되고, 독임가(篤林家)의 경우는 전달매개변수(傳達媒介變數)에 의하여 16.62%가 설명(說明)되는 것으로 나타났다. 4) 지금까지의 연구결과(硏究結果)로 볼 때, 우리나라 산주(山主)의 임업지식수준(林業知識水準)에 가장 큰 영향(影響)을 미치는 요인(要因)은 전달매개변수(傳達媒介變數)로 나타났으므로 앞으로의 임업기술지도사업(林業技術指導事業)은 대량전달매개수단(大量傳達媒介手段) 및 상면적(相面的) 정보원(情報源)과의 접촉기회(接觸機會)를 높임으로써 효과적(効果的)으로 수행(遂行)될 수 있을 것이라고 생각된다.

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