후속 자녀 출산 계획에 영향을 미치는 부모 특성 및 지역사회 환경 요인에 관한 연구

Abstract

This study has investigated the characteristics of parents as personal factors and community environments as environmental factors in bringing about changes to subsequent childbirth planning. We used data from the first to the fifth year of the Panel Study on Korean Children made by the Korea Institute of Child Care and Education. The data was analyzed by means of the Panel Logit Model using the SPSS 20.0 and STATA 14.0 statistical packages. The results of the analysis are as follows. First, the study found that the lower the parental age and parenting stress, the higher the willingness towards a subsequent childbirth plan. On the other hand, the higher the satisfaction level of the parents' marriage, and for working mothers, the higher the willingness towards a subsequent childbirth plan. Second, the non-metropolitan area, rather than the metropolitan area, had a higher willingness to a subsequent childbirth plan. And, the higher the perceived ease of access to cultural facilities in the community, the higher the willingness to a subsequent childbirth plan. Last, there were no significant variables in the community environment besides the parents' factor in the case of the low-income group. On the other hand, in the case of the middle-income group, the higher the convenience of access to the cultural facility in the community, the higher the willingness to a subsequent childbirth plan. Based on these findings, we suggested social welfare interventions to promote the subsequent childbirth planning of parents.