Social Science Journal
2019

Community-based social service utilization of marriage migrants in Korea: Focusing on differences by women's country of origin (Article)

Yoo J.P. , Kim H.* , Han K.-H.
  • a Department of Social Welfare, Seoul National University, 16-632, 1 Gwanak-Ro, Gwank-Gu, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
  • b Department of Social Welfare, Institute of Social Science Research, Incheon National University, 13-420, 119 Academy Road, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, 406-772, South Korea
  • c Institute of Social Welfare, Seoul National University, 220-551, 1 Gwanak-Ro, Gwanak-Gu, Seoul, 08826, South Korea

Abstract

While social services for marriage migrant women have proliferated in the past few years, research on the use of those services remains limited. This study examines factors associated with women's use of multiple types of services, focusing on the effects of women's country of origin. We use Gelberg–Andersen's behavioral model for the theoretical framework and exploit the 2015 National Survey on Multicultural Families for analyses. The results from multi-group analyses reveal that Korean-Chinese, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Filipina women all used services in systematically different patterns, and that different factors were associated with service use depending on women's country of origin. Implications for practice and policies are provided based on the findings. © 2019 Western Social Science Association

Author Keywords

Marriage migrant women Social service use Country of origin

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85064210184&doi=10.1016%2fj.soscij.2019.03.012&partnerID=40&md5=eb23b85da82c9062294215658406cad4
DOI: 10.1016/j.soscij.2019.03.012
ISSN: 03623319
Original Language: English