Opinions of Parents on Child Welfare in Urban Communities
So Hee Lee,Jae Yeon Lee
Abstract
This research studied common opinions of parents about child welfare that have been diffused into urban communities in Korea. They were analyzed into major dispositions-anti-collectivists, reluctant collectivists, Fabian Socialists, Marxists-by demographic variables of sex, age, education, occupation, income, and religion. A questionnaire of 18 items was distributed to 1170 parents in the Seoul area who had more than one child under 18 years of age. The returns of 815 parents were analyzed with the statistics of frequency, percentage, and one-way ANOVA. The results of this study showed that (1) The opinions of parents on child welfare in urban communities had tendencies toward Fabian Socialists and reluctant collectivists ; (2) Major demographic factors were education and occupation, but the variables of sex, age, income and religion were not significant.
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