Family Values in South Korean Society: Marital and Sexual Values in Gender, Age, and Protestantism Contexts

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine differences in marital and sexual values according to gender, age, and Protestantism contexts using the 2012 and 2018 Korea General Social Surveys. Samples for marital values were from the 2012 survey (N=797 adults aged 20 and over), and those for sexual values were from the 2018 survey (N=550 adults aged 20 and over). There were four domains in marital values (happiness, child, cohabitation, and divorce) and three domains in sexual values (premarital intercourse, extramarital intercourse, and same-sex intercourse). We applied ANCOVA and post hoc analysis to examine the differences in each domain via gender, age, and Protestantism contexts. Results on marital values did not show significant interactions between gender, age group, and Protestantism contexts, while age differences were consistently significant in all domains of marital values. In results about sexual values, there were significant interactions between gender, age, and Protestantism contexts in all domains of sexual values. The findings of this study may promote an understanding of the dynamics and diversity of Korean contexts on marital and sexual values.

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“…이에 사회적 흐름 에 따른 결혼의 의미 변화를 탐색하기 위한 학문적 노력은 오랜 시 간에 걸쳐 지속되고 있는데, 선행연구에서는 결혼의 당위성이나 혼 전 동거, 성생활에 대한 인식 등을 토대로 결혼에 대한 태도 변화를 다양하게 탐색해 왔다 (Kim, 2018;Kim & Lee, 2004). 선행연구 에 따르면 결혼의 의미나 이에 대한 태도가 개인이 지닌 결혼 가치 관이나 혼인규범, 종교적 신념 등에 따라 다르게 구성될 수 있으며 (Kim & Lee, 2004;Kim et al, 2022) (Sin & Joo, 2016). 하지만 최근에는 여성의 교육수준 상승 및 경제활동 참여 증가로 인해 사회경제적 조건보다는 애정 이나 생활양식, 가사분담, 가치관의 유사성 등이 성공적 결혼생활 을 위해 더 중요한 조건으로 고려되고 있다 (Kim & Lee, 2004).…”