• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.821-832
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• 2021

Economic deprivation of households remains a significant economic issue in the world. Researchers have shown great concern in identifying crucial factors to enhance poor households' socio-economic performance. Therefore, this paper aims to develop a new conceptual framework to investigate the influence of different microfinance services on households' socioeconomic performance using moderated mediation analysis of various crucial factors. Focus-group interviews with managements of the microfinance institution, i.e. Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM), and a systematic literature review were conducted for this purpose, and a new framework for the future study has been developed. The result from focus-group interviews and systematic literature review propose microfinance financial services, training programs, and business coaching as independent factors, whereas household socioeconomic performance as a dependent factor in the proposed model. Specifically, this study provides the direction to scholars to empirically test the direct relationship between financial services and household socioeconomic performance and the indirect relationship between training programs, business coaching, and household socioeconomic performance. Further, microfinance institutions' service efficiency is also included as a moderator that can strengthen microfinance services' effectiveness. The study also provides useful implications for policymakers, financial institutions, households, micro-enterprises, and researchers to better understand microfinance interventions and household economic mechanisms.

• 한국지리정보학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.44-54
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• 2005

지리참조된 사회경제적 데이터를 체계적으로 구축하고 관리하는 GIS 선진국의 경우는 이를 활용하여 다양한 사회경제적 분야에서 많은 이득을 획득하고 있는 것으로 알려지고 있다. 하지만 우리나라의 경우는 지형 지물 관련 데이터에 비해 사회경제적 지리정보의 구축은 상대적으로 매우 부족한 형편이다. 이는 사회경제적 데이터의 구축단계부터 활용에 이르는 과정상의 특성들에 기인한다고 할 수 있다. 즉 데이터 구축단계에서부터 지형지물위주의 데이터에 비해 상대적으로 잦은 변동성의 해결이 요구되며 또한 개별 개체의 위치표현이 어려움으로 인해 적절한 공간집계단위의 설정을 통한 정보구축이 이루어진다. 데이터의 활용단계에서도 사회경제적 현상의 복잡성으로 인해 다른 사회경제적 데이터와의 잦은 결합이 요구되는 특성 등을 갖고 있다. 이에 본 연구는 대표적인 사회경제적 분야의 GIS 선진사례 분석을 통해 사회경제적 분야에서의 GIS 활용의 유용성 및 사회경제적 정보의 공간적 차원을 살펴보고 그 결과를 토대로 데이터 구축단계 및 활용단계에서 나타나는 사회경제적 지리정보의 데이터 요구조건을 도출하여 이에 대한 해결방안과 함께 제시하였다.

• 아동학회지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.31-38
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• 2005

This study investigated the performance of 346 students on the Reynold intellectual Assessment Scale scores for sex, ethnic, and socioeconomic differences. The sample consisted of 198 males and 148 females(271 White, 32 Black, 20 Hispanic, 8 Asian, and 15 others) who were referred for gifted evaluation. The findings indicated significant differences between the IQ scores with regard to sex, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Implications of these findings are discussed. in terms of assessing minority group members with the Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales (RIAS) to identify gifted children.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.391-400
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• 2005

Objective : This study examined the socioeconomic differentials for the health and health related behaviors among South Korean middle school students. Methods : A nationwide cross-sectional interview survey of 3,449 middle school second-grade students and their parents was conducted using a stratified multi-stage cluster sampling method. The response rate was 93.3%. The socioeconomic position indicators were based on self-reported information from the students and their parents: parental education, father's occupational class, monthly family income, out-of-pocket expenditure for education, housing ownership, educational expectations, educational performance and the perceived economic hardships. The outcome variables that were measured were also based on the self-reported information from the students. The health measures included self-rated health conditions, psychological or mental problems, the feelings of loneliness at school, the overall satisfaction of life and the perceived level of stress. The health related behaviors included were smoking, alcohol drinking, sexual intercourse, violence, bullying and verbal and physical abuse by parents. Results : Socioeconomic differences for the health and health related behaviors were found among the eighth grade boys and girls of South Korea. However, the pattern varied with gender, the socioeconomic position indicators and the outcome measures. The prevalence rates of the overall dissatisfaction with life for both genders differed according to most of the eight socioeconomic position indicators. All the health measures were significantly different according to the perceived economic hardship. However, the socioeconomic differences in the self-rated health conditions and the psychosocial or mental problems were not clear. The students having higher socioeconomic position tended to be a perpetrator of bullying while those students with lower socioeconomic position were more likely to be a victim. Conclusions : The perceived economic hardships predicted the health status among the eighth graders of South Korea. The overall satisfaction of life was associated with the socioeconomic position indicators. Further research efforts are needed to explore the mechanisms on how and why the socioeconomic position affects the health and health related behaviors in this age group.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제63권4호
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• pp.65-86
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• 2021

This study aims at testing a hypothesis that the resilience of agricultural water systems is characterized by trade-offs and synergies of effects from climate and socioeconomic change. To achieve this, an Agricultural Water System Climate Resilience Assessment (ACRA) framework is established to evaluate comprehensive resilience of an agricultural water system to the combined impacts of the climate and socioeconomic changes with a case study in South Korea. Understanding dynamic behaviors of the agricultural water systems under climate and socioeconomic drivers is not straightforward because the system structure includes complex interactions with multiple feedbacks across components in water and agriculture sectors and climate and socioeconomic factors, which has not been well addressed in the existing decision support models. No consideration of the complex interactions with feedbacks in a decision making process may lead to counterintuitive and untoward evaluation of the coupled impacts of the climate and socioeconomic changes on the system performance. In this regard, the ACRA framework employs a System Dynamics (SD) approach that has been widely used to understand dynamics of the complex systems with the feedback interactions. In the ACRA framework applied to the case study in South Korea, the SD model works along with HOMWRS simulation. The ACRA framework will help to explore resilience-based strategies with infrastructure investment and management options for agricultural water systems.

• 사회복지연구
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.5-30
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• 2018

이 연구는 우리사회에서 갈수록 심화되는 계층 간 교육격차를 극복하거나 완화하는 기제가 무엇인지 탐색하기 위하여 수행되었다. 이를 위하여 부모의 사회경제적 지위가 중학생 자녀의 학업성취에 미치는 직접적인 영향과 가정 내 사회자본의 한 형태인 부모의 정서적 지지, 그리고 학생 자신의 자아탄력성을 매개로 학업성취에 미치는 영향을 분석했다. 한국 아동청소년 패널 조사의 중학교 1학년 코호트 1차 및 2차 년도 자료를 대상으로 구조방정식 모형을 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 부모의 사회경제적 지위와 부모의 정서적 지지 및 중학생의 자아탄력성은 학업성취에 직접적으로 유의미한 영향을 미쳤다. 둘째, 가정 내 사회자본의 하나인 부모의 정서적 지지는 부모 사회경제적 지위의 영향을 받았다. 셋째, 가정의 사회경제적 지위는 학업성취에 대하여 직접효과가 있을 뿐만 아니라, 부모의 정서적 지지와 자아탄력성을 매개로 한 간접효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과를 토대로 부모의 정서적 지지를 보완하거나 학생의 자아탄력성을 강화함으로써 교육격차 극복에 기여할 수 있는 사회복지 프로그램의 개발을 위한 제언을 하였다.

• 아동학회지
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.157-168
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• 2016

Objective: This study examined the intellectual characteristics of 1,700 Korean children aged 2 years, 6 months to 7 years, 7 months across two age ranges (2 years, 6 months to 3 years, 11 months; 4 years to 7 years, 7 months). Methods: Data from the standardization study of the K-WPPSI-IV were analyzed using Korean and American norms and in terms of socioeconomic variables such as region, maternal education level, and child gender. Results: Korean children performed differently from their American counterparts in most subtests and indexes. Verbal subtest performances for Korean children were significantly lower and performance subtest performances for Korean children were significantly higher. There were significant regional differences, with higher performances among children from Seoul than from other areas. Children whose mothers had higher education levels showed higher performances than their counterparts. This trend was more apparent in the older age range. Gender differences were found in most subtests, with girls showing higher scores than boys. Conclusion: This study revealed cross-cultural differences in intellectual characteristics measured with the newly standardized K-WPPSI-IV. In addition, significant effects of socioeconomic variables such as region, maternal education level, and gender were found.

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.255-268
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• 1995

We evaluated the nutritional and socioeconomical factors of 100 children aged $5{\sim}6$ years. Forty five children (45%) were selected from families with low socioeconomic status, while 55 children (55%) were from those with high socioeconomic status. Some differences of the nutritional factors (eating behavior, food preference, food frequency) were found between low and high socioeconomic groups. This survey suggest that eating behavior, food preference and food frequency may be useful in estimating nutritional factors. And the nutrition education for the children and their meal planners is necessary to improve the nutritional status of the subjects.

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.269-279
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• 1995

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships of nutritional and social factors among 100 children aged $5{\sim}6$ years. Forty five children (45%) were selected from families with low socioeconomic status, while 55 children (55%) were from those with high socioeconomic status. Cognitive performance of the children was measured by the Draw a man test and the degrees of hyperactivity were assessed by both children's mothers and their teachers using two different Check List (Behavior check list and Conner's rating scale). There were few associations between cognitive performance and nutritional variables. However, levels of hyperactivity were related positively to diversity of food intake and weight percentage for age, and negatively to animal and processed food preferences. These results indicate a possible role of nutrition on psychological development.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.81-85
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• 2021

The purpose of this paper is to measure the relative efficiency of the police agencies in Korea with data collected from 2018 to 2020, using data envelopment analysis (DEA), as put forward by Charnes et al., which is used to construct a scalar measure of efficiency for all police agencies. The results of this study can be used to assist police agencies in delivering better and more efficient services to the community. The analytical results based on DEA identify potentially weak and strong police agencies on policing performance, their efficient benchmarking, and the levels of clear-ups that would make inefficient police agencies efficient. We could suggest that higher levels of the police force are associated with higher performance efficiency against crimes. But, it is a little hard to say that higher levels of the police force can keep the local police agencies efficient without explaining the contribution of other input variables to criminal arrest and prevention. On the other hand, our analysis presents that differences in operating environments and socioeconomic factors do not have a significant influence on the efficiency of local police agencies. But, it is necessary to note that we need to examine the effect of environments and socioeconomic factors on crime to create the better-policing performance.