• 한국인구학
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.33-53
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• 1988

This study aimed at developing a desirable family planning policy and strategy by examining the current status of family planning practice in rural Korea and by indentifying the crucial factors which affect fertility control behavior. For this purpose, an analytical study was conducted, using the survey data collected in July 1985, on an interview basis, on 1, 440 married women living in the Soyi, Wonnam and Maingdong townships of Eumseong County(in North Chungcheong Province). This study population has the typical characteristics of rural areas, and the results of the analysis can be summarized as follows: 1. In regard to the demographic characteristics of the study population : their average age at marriage was 23.7, they had an average of 2.6 children( 1.3 boys, 1.3 girls) :10% experienced the death of their child (ren) :14% had spontaneous abortion(s) :4% weathered stillbirth(s) :35% went through induced abortion (s) : and 5.5% were currently pregnant. The average of their ideal numbers of children was 2.2, while 44% felt that they must have a son. 2. Looking at the contact rate with medical & health institutions, over the past 1 year, the visit rate to health subcenters was 43.7%, while 26.9% visited the (county) health center :59.6% had been to private clinics : and 41.5% went to the Soonchunhyang - Eumsung hospital : thus showing a relatively high rate of accessibility. 3. The utilization rate of family planning services was 76.5%, with tubectomy being the most prominent method at 52.3%, while the informants were health workers in 54.2% of the acceptors. Of the 8.4% who discontinued the use of contraceptive methods, only 26% did so due to want for pregnancy, natural infertility (meno - pause), or other reasons, while the remaining 74% stopped usage on account of side effects, failure in the methods themselves, and inconvenience of use, thus pointing to a situation where the proper choice of family planning methods have not yet been made. It can be noted that there is a strong motivation for early birth stopping as 35.3% practice family planning even with only one child, of which 38.3% have had sterilization operations. According to results of a multiple regression analysis, among the variables affecting contraception usage the most significant variable was the number of sons. 4. 34.8% experienced induced abortions. It was shown as a result of multiple regression analysis that the number of children and attitudes toward induced abortions extensively affected their frequency of abortions conducted. 5. In the regard to the relation between family planning and induced abortions, 33.7% of the women used both, while 52.0% of them used only the former(family planning), with only 1.4 % utilizing solely the latter(abortion), and 12.9% totally abstaining from fertility regulation : again, the discriminant analysis indicated that the choice of family planning and/or induced abortion was determined by the number of children and attitudes toward induced abortion. In view of the above mentioned results, the following are some comments and suggestions concerning problems related to the current family planning policies, in Korea : 1. It is difficult to expect a further quantitative expansion in family planning program operations, as there has been an excessive supply of target-oriented sterilization operations on women. From a maternal and child health care point of view, it will be desirable to have a diversification of service points in the future where family planning methods may be properly chosen, so that choices of methods which suit the mothers' characteristics and tastes may be made by the individuals themselves by strengthening their quality of family planning information services. 2. Along with the strengthening of the qualitative improvement of family planning services policies must be implemented to effectively promote the moral (ethical) deterrents to induced abortions and to preference for sons. From a maternal care standpoint, the social permissive norm toward induced abortion must be modified, and the bias towards son must be analyzed as the women with more daughters have a lower rate of family planning acceptance. Such changes in attitudes, however, can not be hoped to be accomplished with ad hoc policies, but will only be possible when an enhancement of the women's status(within the society) is brought about in a long - term perspective.

• 대순사상논총
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• 제44집
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• pp.141-175
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• 2023

본 연구는 비교종교학 방법과 대순사상에 관한 문헌학적 방법을 활용하여 대순사상의 영성인본주의를 규명한 글이다. 비교종교 분석은 역사현장에서 드러난 종교의 다양함을 연구대상으로 하기에 종교본질이라는 선험적 틀을 전제하지 않는다. 그렇다고 사회과학처럼 심리현상이나 사회현상으로 분해하고 환원시키지도 아니한다. 오늘날 종교다원주의 출현으로 종교 간의 유사성에 집중하는 풍토가 기정사실화 되었다. 아울러 현대영성으로 많은 영성운동들이 특정종교 제약을 받지 않고 혼합주의 성격을 드러내고 있음도 뚜렷한 변화양상이다. 세속적 인본주의에서도 도구화를 극복하고 본래적 초월성을 회복할 때가 도래한 것이라고 주장한다. 이는 대순사상의 후천개벽과 관련하여 현대문명의 병폐와 위기를 극복해야 한다는 인식지평으로 다가온다. 실제적으로 문명파괴의 악행주범은 도구화되거나 변질된 이성의 영역이다. 이에 이성너머 영성회통의 가능성에 대한 탐구가 절실하게 요청되고 있다. 종교는 인류의 지성결정체로서 인간완성과 구원에 목적을 둔다. 그런데 선천의 절대자 인식이 종교 간의 갈등을 증폭시키고 각각의 색다른 경험을 통해 그 지역에 부합한 사상을 형성하게 됨으로 정신사적 균열에 커다란 영향을 미쳤다. 선천시기에는 종교마다 대립하고 투쟁하였지만 종교다원주의 시대에 진입하면서 영성회통의 필요성이 절실해졌다. 이에 비교종교학 방법과 문헌해석학 방법을 병행하여 대순사상의 영성인본주의 비전을 탐색함으로써 영성구현이 인간존엄과 공공행복의 계기임을 밝히고자 한다. 또한 인간적인 삶으로 영성을 모색하고 참 인간으로 사는 길에서 상호 인간존중이 이루어지는 영성인본주의를 가능하게 할 것이다. 본 연구를 통해 논의하려는 영성인본주의는 수도양생 신선사상과 도통진경 대순사상의 영성회통, 사인여천 동학사상과 인간존엄 대순사상의 영성회통, 그리고 발고여락 미륵사상과 해원상생 대순사상의 영성회통을 상호 대비함으로써 우주신인론의 영성전망을 상관연동으로 밝히고자 한다.