| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺北教育大學 === 教育政策與管理研究所 === 97 === A Study on Marital Satisfaction of Immigrant and Native Women between Penghu and Chiayi Counties
Abstract
This study aims to discuss the differences in various facets of marital satisfaction between new immigrant women and native women in Penghu County and Chiayi County based on the five-aspect (physiological, economic, social, psychological and philosophical) marriage theory. A questionnaire survey was conducted on a randomly selected sample population consisting of 317 native women and 200 new immigrant women in Penghu County, as well as 340 native women and 237 new immigrant women in Chiayi County. The collected data was then analyzed with descriptive statistics, two-way ANOVA, and structural equation modeling. The conclusions derived in this study are as follows:
I. Backgrounds and marital satisfaction of the women in Penghu and
Chiayi counties1. The majority of the women in Chiayi County go
out to work,whereas most of the women in Penghu County are
homemakers or have a part-time job.
2. Compared with the women from Indonesia and Vietnam, the native
women enjoy better conditions in terms of education, job
opportunities, interpersonal interactions, monthly income, family
patterns and frequency of interactions, and have a small,
independent family life.
3. The women in Chiayi County receive higher levels of education
than those in Penghu County do.
4. The new immigrant women receive lower levels of education, get
married at a younger age and have more children compared to the
native women.
5. Both the new immigrant women and native women in the two counties
have high levels of marital satisfaction, but the marital
satisfaction of the women in Penghu County is slightly higher
than that of the women in Chiayi County in general.
II.Two-way ANOVA findings regarding the women in Penghu and Chiayi
Counties.
1. Women aged 29 and below in both counties have the lowest marital
satisfaction in the physiological and general aspects.
2. Women who go out to work, have smooth conversations with others
in Chinese, have a monthly income of $40 thousand or more, and
have frequent interactions with their family members and friends
in both counties have a higher level of marital satisfaction in
general. There is no significant difference among women ttending
junior high night schools.
3. Among the women in Penghu County, high school or vocational
school graduates have the highest marital satisfaction in
general, while women who have received college or higher
education show the highest satisfaction among the women in Chiayi
County.
4. Among the women in Chiayi County, those who have been married for
less than a year have the highest marital satisfaction in general;
as for Penghu County, those who have been married for more than
ten years show the highest satisfaction.
5. Among the women in Penghu County, those with four or more
children have the highest marital satisfaction, while women
without any children show the highest satisfaction among the
women in Chiayi County.
6. Among the women in Penghu County, those who interact with their
children for two hours or more every day have the highest marital
satisfaction; as for Chiayi County, those having less interaction
with their children show higher satisfaction.
7. For the women in Penghu County, those who live in a small family
have the highest marital satisfaction; as for the women in Chiayi
County, those who live with their spouse only show the highest
satisfaction.
III.Two-way ANOVA findings regarding the women from Taiwan,
Indonesia and Vietnam:
1. Among the new immigrant women and native women, those who attend
junior high night schools, elementary night schools or growth
programs, have jobs, have received high school or vocational
school education, earn higher monthly income, have a long
marriage, have children, and have more interaction with their
family members and friends, show higher levels of marital
satisfaction.
2. Among the women from Vietnam, those who have no problems speaking
and listening to Chinese have a higher level of marital
satisfaction; among the women from Taiwan and Indonesia, those
who have smooth conversations with others in Chinese show the
greatest satisfaction.
3. The women from Vietnam who interact with their children for half
an hour to an hour every day, those from Indonesia who interact
with their children for half an hour, and those from Taiwan who
interact with their children for two hours or more show the
greatest satisfaction.
4. The women from Vietnam who live in a small family, those from
Indonesia who live in a middle size family, and those from Taiwan
who live with their spouse only show a higher level of
satisfaction.
IV.The test using structural equation modeling reveals that: There
is a significant positive correlation among the physiological,
philosophical, social, economic, and psychological aspects of the
marital satisfaction of native women and new immigrant women in
Penghu and Chiayi Counties.
Suggestions are provided based on the above conclusions, to serve
as a reference for native women, new immigrant women,
administrative administrative organizations and schools.
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