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Korean Society of Agricultural Extension (한국농촌지도학회)
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Factors Influencing Effects of Korea's Rural Life Improvement Program on Quality of Life of Rural Women

한국의 농촌 생활개선사업이 농촌여성의 삶의 질에 미치는 영향요인

  • Bereket Roba Gamo (National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Yoon-Ji Choi (National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Jung-Shin Choi (National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Joo-Lee Son (National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration)
  • Received : 2023.11.06
  • Accepted : 2023.12.17
  • Published : 2023.12.31
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Abstract

Rural life improvement programs (RLIPs) have been implemented with a central goal of improving the quality of rural life and promoting rural welfare and cultural life. However, different factors may influence the effect of rural life improvement programs on rural communities or households. This study aimed to investigate the determinants of perceived effects of RLIPs on quality of life of rural women in South Korea. We used a mixed research design to generate data for this study. We collected survey data from 311 rural women who participated in the RLIPs and also conducted a focus group discussion. We analyzed the quantitative data using descriptive statistics and hierarchical regression to identify the variables that predicted effects of RLIPs on quality of life of rural women. Our study finds that age, type of residence in the community, leadership experience, level of education, community satisfaction and community participation influenced respondents' perceived effects of RLIPs. The results imply that the benefits of a development intervention could not be uniformly reaped by residents of a community.

농촌생활개선사업은 농촌생활의 질을 높이고 농촌복지와 문화생활을 증진시키는 것을 중심 목표로 시행되어 왔으나 농촌생활개선사업이 농촌공동체나 가구에 미치는 효과에는 다양한 요인들이 영향을 미칠 수 있다. 본 연구는 한국의 농촌여성들에게 농촌생활개선사업이 미치는 지각된 효과의 결정요인을 알아보고자 하였다. 본 연구의 자료를 생성하기 위하여 혼합연구설계를 사용하였으며, 농촌생활개선사업에 참여한 농촌여성 311명의 설문자료를 수집하고 초점집단토론을 실시하였다. 농촌생활개선사업이 농촌여성에게 미치는 효과를 예측하는 변수를 파악하기 위하여 기술통계와 위계적 회귀분석을 이용하여 정량적 자료를 분석하였다.분석결과, 응답자의 연령, 지역사회 거주형태, 리더십 경력, 교육수준, 지역사회 만족도와 지역사회 참여가 농촌생활개선사업에 대한 인지된 효과에 영향이 있는 것으로 나타났다.

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Acknowledgement

This study was supported by 2023 the RDA Fellowship Program of National Institute of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration (PJ01596303), Republic of Korea.

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