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Determining the quality of life of marriage migrant women in Korea*

Hwayeon Kim1, Hyun Gyu Oh2, Sook Jong Lee3
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1First author, Ph.D. student, Graduate School of Governance, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea (hwayeon1222@gmail.com)
2Co-author, Ph.D. candidate, Graduate School of Governance, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea (hyungyu516@skku.edu)
3Professor, Graduate School of Governance, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea (sjleepaik@gmail.com)
*Corresponding Author: E-mail: sjleepaik@gmail.com.

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Received: Oct 23, 2017; Revised: Oct 30, 2017; Revised: Dec 17, 2017; Accepted: Dec 18, 2017

Published Online: Dec 31, 2017

Abstract

In search of greater economic and social opportunities, people emigrate, choosing to leave their countries of birth. Currently, many married migrant women are building new lives in Korea. They are no longer foreigners or part of the social minority but neighbors raising children and engaging in economic activity in Korea. The purposes of this study are to clarify the importance of studying, in the field of policy studies, the quality of life of marriage migrant women who left their homelands to live in Korea, and to analyze various factors that affect quality of life. Specifically, family factors, relational factors, social factors, and cultural and policy factors are examined. Based on the results of the empirical analysis, this study suggests various policy implications for enhancing the quality of life of marriage migrant women.

Keywords: Marriage migrant women; Quality of life; Multiculturalism; Multicultural Family Support Center