Factors Influencing Effects of Korea’s Rural Life Improvement Program on Quality of Life of Rural Women

• Published in: 농촌지도와 개발, 30(4) pp. 243 - 257
• Main Authors: 가모 베레켓 로바, 최윤지, 최정신, 손주리
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 한국농촌지도학회 01.12.2023
• Subjects: 농학
• ISSN: 1976-3107; 2384-3705

Rural life improvement programs (RLIPs) have been implemented with a central goal of improving the quality of rural life and promoting rural welfare and cultural life. However, different factors may influence the effect of rural life improvement programs on rural communities or households. This study aimed to investigate the determinants of perceived effects of RLIPs on quality of life of rural women in South Korea. We used a mixed research design to generate data for this study. We collected survey data from 311 rural women who participated in the RLIPs and also conducted a focus group discussion. We analyzed the quantitative data using descriptive statistics and hierarchical regression to identify the variables that predicted effects of RLIPs on quality of life of rural women. Our study finds that age, type of residence in the community, leadership experience, level of education, community satisfaction and community participation influenced respondents’ perceived effects of RLIPs. The results imply that the benefits of a development intervention could not be uniformly reaped by residents of a community. KCI Citation Count: 0