A Comparative Study on the Quality of Life between urban and rural households.

지방 중소도시와 농촌 가정의 삶의 질 비교연구 -가정자원관리학적 관점에서*-

  • 조영희 (서원대학교 가정관리학과) ;
  • 김선미 (광주대학교 가정관리학과) ;
  • 송혜림 (울산대학교 생활과학부 아동·가정복지학 전공) ;
  • 이승미 (우석대학교 가정학과)
  • Published : 1997.11.01

Abstract

This study examined the influence of resource management on the quality of life. For this objective, we used the questionnaire. The data used in this study included 372 urban households and 423 rural households which are different from their resource environment. Statistical analysis were conducted using t-test, Pearson’s correlation and Factor analysis. The major findings were (1) the level of living, the standard of living and extent of successful resource management were higher in the urban households than the rural households. (2) The urban and rural households could reduce the gap between the level of living and the standard of living in food and nutrition area through the effective resource management. And only the rural households could reduce the gap between the level of living and the standard of living in leisure.

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