이혼한 한부모의 사회서비스 욕구에 관한 성별 비교 분석

The purpose of this study was to examine desirable social service characteristics in single-parent family households who had social service needs. The study used a population of divorced single parents. By analysing the data, this study aimed to find directional development in the integrated social service. To do this, the study suggested a direction of supporting social service in condsideration of gender-based characteristics in divorced single parents. This study used the primary survey data of the Korean Welfare Panel, which was surveyed in 2006, as analytical data, and selected 479 divorced single parents(254 single mothers, 225 single fathers) as survey subjects and 475 general households as a comparative group. Data analysis applied descriptive statistics, cross tabulation, and multinomial logistic egression. Findings revealed that divorced single parents were requiring the support policy in order to solve financial problems and the integrated counseling service for improving social maladjustment and mental health levels. Secondly, after observing the difference in desirable services by gender, divorced fathers were requiring a support for solving a problem in light of performing a role of household chores. The divorced mothers were requiring services of supporting commodities available for minimizing financial difficulty and counseling and mental health service for reducing social prejudice and emotional anxiety.