Comparison of Parenting Stress between Married Migrants and Korean Women

Hae Kyeong Kim; Eun Hee Lee

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Kim and Lee: Comparison of Parenting Stress between Married Migrants and Korean Women

Original Article

Perspectives in Nursing Science 2014;11(2):101-108.

Published online: 21 October 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.16952/pns.2014.11.2.101

Comparison of Parenting Stress between Married Migrants and Korean Women

Hae Kyeong Kim¹, Eun Hee Lee²

¹RN, Gangneung-Asan Hospital, Gangneung, Korea

²Professor, College of Nursing, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Wonju, Korea

Corresponding author: Lee, Eun Hee College of Nursing, Gangneung-Wonju National University, 249 Namwon-ro, Panbu-myeon, Wonju 220-711, Korea. Tel: +82-10-2339-1435, Fax: +82-33-760-8004, E-mail: leeeh@gwnu.ac.kr

Received 8 August 20142 September 2014 Accepted 2 September 2014

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to compare parenting stress between married migrant women and Korean women.

Methods

Subjects were 68 married migrant women and 70 Korean women raising children aged seven years or younger, living in three different cities in Gangwon Do. To measure parenting stress, we used Kim's (1997) questionnaire that had been modified from Richard & Abidin's (1990) Parenting Stress Index (PSI).

Results

There were significant differences between the two groups in age, academic credentials, job, monthly income, and achievement of maternal role. No statistically significant differences were found for parenting stress scores (p<.355), but there was a significant difference in the child characteristics of parenting stress (p<.007) between the two groups. There were no differences in the demographic variables influencing parenting stress between the two groups.

Conclusion

The development of multicultural parenting and family support programs should consider the nationality and marital satisfaction of the family.

Keywords: Parenting stress, Marriage migrant, Women

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Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics between Korean Women and Marriage Migrant Women (N=138)

Characteristics	Categories	Total (N=138)	KW (n=70)	MMW (n=68)	x²	p
Characteristics	Categories	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	x²	p
Age (year)	＞30	49 (35.5)	12 (17.1)	37 (54.4)	27.66	＜.001
	31~35	48 (34.8)	29 (41.4)	19 (27.9)
	36~39	20 (14.5)	18 (25.7)	2 (2.9)
	＜40	21 (15.2)	11 (15.7)	10 (14.7)
Education	Primary school	2 (1.4)	0 (0.0)	2 (2.9)	49.94	＜.001
	Middle school	18 (13.0)	1 (1.4)	17 (25.0)
	High school	51 (37.0)	15 (21.4)	36 (52.9)
	≥College	67 (48.6)	54 (77.1)	13 (19.1)
Job	Yes	50 (36.2)	33 (47.1)	17 (25.0)	7.32	.007
Job	None	88 (63.8)	37 (52.9)	51 (75.0)
Monthly income (10,000 won)	＞200	56 (40.6)	12 (17.1)	44 (64.7)	41.92	＜.001
	200~300	38 (27.5)	20 (28.6)	18 (26.5)
	300~400	23 (16.7)	19 (27.1)	4 (5.9)
	＜400	21 (15.2)	19 (27.1)	2 (2.9)
Household	Husband+children	104 (75.3)	57 (81.5)	47 (69.1)	9.45	.092
	Husband+children+parents-in-law	18 (13.0)	5 (7.1)	13 (19.1)
	Husband+children+parents	7 (5.1)	3 (4.3)	4 (5.9)
	Other family	9 (6.5)	5 (7.1)	4 (5.9)
Mother country	Korean		70 (100.0)
	China			25 (36.8)
	Vietnam			16 (23.5)
	Phillipine			10 (14.7)
	East-south Asia			10 (14.7)
	East-north Asia			7 (10.3)

KW=Korean womeen; MMW=Marriage migrant women.

Table 2.

Comparison of Parenting Stress between Korean Women and Marriage Migrant Women (N=138)

Variables	KW (n=70)	MMW (n=68)	t	p
Variables	M±SD	M±SD	t	p
Parenting	2.52±0.7	2.45±0.7	0.55	.582
Parents-children	1.71±0.5	1.71±0.5	-1.12	.266
Children	1.99±0.6	2.29±0.7	-2.76	.007
Parenting stress	2.19±0.5	2.27±0.6	-.923	.355

KW=Korean women; MMW=Marriage migrant women.

Table 3.

Parenting Stress according to Demographic Characteristics Korean Women and Marriage Migrant Women (N=138)

Characteristics	Categories	KW (n=70)	MMW (n=68)	F	p
Characteristics	Categories	M±SD	M±SD	F	p
Age (year)	＞30	2.17±0.7	2.11±0.4	1.02	.387
	31~35	2.16±0.5	2.23±0.7
	36~39	1.97±0.6	2.12±0.5
	＜40	1.90±0.4	2.40±1.0
Education	Primary school	-	2.54±0.6	3.05	.051
	Middle school	1.54±0.0	2.30±0.7
	High school	2.40±0.6	2.11±0.5
	≥College	1.99±0.5	2.22±0.8
Job	Yes	2.01±0.4	1.97±0.3	0.70	.404
Job	None	2.13±0.6	2.27±0.7
Monthly income	＞200	2.39±0.8	2.28±0.7	0.28	.840
(10,000 won)	200~3000	2.11±0.4	2.12±0.4
	300~400	1.88±0.5	1.76±0.2
	＜400	2.02±0.4	1.62±0.1

KW=Korean women; MMW=Marriage migrant women.

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