입양을 결정한 10대 미혼모 경험에 관한 사례연구

Abstract

This research was surveyed so as to accumulate fundamental data which were needed to solve effectively the problems of teenaged unmarried mothers. The interviewees for the research were those who abided in a shelter around Seoul for the unmarried mothers as of May, 2008. They were composed of ten unmarried mothers not only before their childbirth but also after their childbirth. As the method of the case study deep interviews were administered to come by qualitative data. The main results of the research were as follows: first, according to the experience before their pregnance, unmarried mothers, even though they did not want babies, tended to regard contraception and pregnance as nothing or they had wrong knowledge about contraception and pregnance. Second, they showed contrary opinions, pros and cons, about abortion and about the fact of pregnance they showed nonchalance, fear, the feeling of being victimized, and mysterious feelings. According to their pregnance and childbirth, they all also felt guilty of the decision of adoption. Third, according to the experience after their childbirth, they did not have concrete plans after adoption. Fourth, the types of the experience of unmarried mothers could be broadly divided into voluntary choice of childbirth and involuntary choice of childbirth. The principal suggestions are as follows: first, a systematic device should be prepared to provide the juveniles with enough knowledge about the overall sexual problems such as contraception, pregnance, and abortion. Second, a compulsory cost of nursing from unmarried fathers and a right for unmarried mothers to live in a basic situation should be legally secured to help unmarried mothers support themselves.