A Study on the Housewife′s Satisfaction of Household Work in Cheong-Song Area

청송지역 주부의 가사노동 만족도에 관한 연구

The Purpose of this study was to investigate the actual conditions of rural housewife's sex role attitude, the value consciousness of home management and the satisfaction of household work. Further, basic data for the improvement of the satisfaction of household work and the value consciouseness of home management will be produce through grasping the relationship of them. For these purposes, the data were collected by using questionnaire distributed to 292 housewives living in Cheong Song. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, One Way Anova, Pearson's Correlation analysis and Multiple Regression analysis. The results of the research were as follows : 1. Rural housewife's sex role attitude comparatively took the transitional position and the value consciousness of home management was modernized. Housewife's satisfaction of household work was generally usual. 2. There were significant differences in the sex role attitude according to the type of housing. 3. The value consciousness of home management of rural housewives was variable according to housewife's occupation, husband's occupation and the type of housing. 4. Among the independent variables, the number of family member, the number of children and family style. 5. There were significant differences in the satisfaction of household work according to housewife's sex role attitude. 6. Among the independent variables, the number of children, monthly family income, the sex role attitude, the value consciousness about household work, education and leadership had significant influence on the satisfaction of household work.