국제결혼 이주여성의 취업이 한국사회에 미치는 영향

This study aims to analyze the factors influencing immigrant women s adaptation to Korean society using survey data prepared by the Government in 2006. The adaptation, dependent variable, is operationally defined as intimacy with other people, which is measured by relationship with spouse, relatives, friends, and neighbors. The independent variables includes nationality, age,education career, health status, number of child, employment, income level, and fluency of Korean language. Of the independent variables,we focused on the effect of employment on immigrant women s adaptation to Korean Society. This means we controlled the influence of other independent variables on the adaptation except the employment variable. The analysis shows that status of employment significantly influences the immigrant women s adaptation to Korean society when other variables are controlled. This finding suggests that active labor market policy should be regarded as an useful tool to help the immigrant women adapt to Korean society.