Korean family's crisis analysis and function evaluation.
- Author:
Jung Yong PARK
1
;
Bong Yul HUH
;
Yong Ho YUN
;
Be Long CHO
;
Jae Ho CHA
;
Sung Jae CHOI
;
Hwa Soon BYUN
Author Information
1. Department of Family Medicine College of Medicine Seoul National University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
family;
family function;
family crisis;
telephone;
survey
- MeSH:
Bereavement;
Humans;
Korea;
Life Cycle Stages;
Telephone;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine
1999;20(3):252-258
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Since the winter of 1997, Korea has been in an economic crisis. During this period family-the most important and basic social unit- faoed many problems. The purpose of this survey was to assess Korean family's functional status and emphasize family as a social support unit. METHODS: During April- May 1998 Nationwide Telephone survey was done. Sampling was done by Multi State Stratified Random Sampling technique. We questioned subjects on 5 categories of present family problems and used Modified Faces -III Questionnaire for the evaluation of family function. RESULTS: By 5 point scale, the impact of present ecanomic problems to the family showed the highest score(3.7). Other causes had a score range of 1.7-2.1. Economic impact was greater in 4th and 5th life cycle step, those with low income, and those in bereavement. Family type was divided in to 3 groups; extreme type 20%, mid-range 50%, and balanced 30%. Among extreme groups chaotic adoption and enmeshed cohesion type were the most common(10.8%). CONCLUSIONS: In the Korean family 1998, economic problem seems to be the most important impact factor and the proportion of extreme type family is high.