성인의 경제적 자본, 문화적 자본, 평생학습 정보수준의 구조적 관계

The purpose of this study was to investigate the structural relations among economic capital, cultural capital and digital inequality of lifelong learning. The research model contained 3 direct effects(economic capital->cultural capital, economic capital->digital inequality of lifelong learning, cultural capital->digital inequality of lifelong learning) and 1 indirect effect(economic capital->cultural capital->digital inequality of lifelong learning). Data were collected from 600 residents at S and D city Republic of Korea through a survey. And 392 of those surveyed were analyzed by SPSS 12.0 and AMOS 5.0. The results showed the following findings: 1) Model fit index showed that research model based on theories reflected the positive data. 2) Economic capital had the direct and indirect effects on digital inequality of lifelong learning. Especially the indirect effect between economic capital and digital inequality of lifelong learning was mediated by cultural capital. These meant that social class or stratum might have an influence the on digital inequality of lifelong learning and cultural capital might facilitate this inequality. 3) Cultural capital had the most strong and direct effect on the inequality. Based on these results, suggestions and limitations of this research were discussed.