Korea's birth rate was 1.08 in 2005, but increased to 1.23 in 2010. The birth rate has increased edly because of multicultural families. According to the Statistics Korea, the increase in the number of newborns in Korea in 2010 was 5.7% higher t... Korea's birth rate was 1.08 in 2005, but increased to 1.23 in 2010. The birth rate has increased edly because of multicultural families. According to the Statistics Korea, the increase in the number of newborns in Korea in 2010 was 5.7% higher than 2009, but the increase in the number of newborns in multicultural families was 6.8% higher than 2009. The subjects who can contribute to resolving the low birth problem of Korea can be limited to immigrant women. It is meaningful to provide the right service policies for these women at the right time. This ‘study on the understanding of service policies for immigrant women’ has performed the following analysis. The survey was performed in Seoul and in Gyeonggi region. The subjects were 140 immigrant women who are married to Korean men. The results of survey were analyzed by performing frequency analysis, F-test, χ2-Test, T-test, and ANOVA Test using the SPSS Win. 17.0 program for the statistics. Then, logistic regression was performed for the analysis of factors that affect their understanding. The following were the findings of this study: First, considering the services provided by local centers or institutions for immigrant women, 67.1% responded that they are ‘aware’ and most of them responded that they learned about the services ‘through promotions of local centers or institutions.’ The most popular service they used was ‘Korean language education,’ which was used by 65.3% and 87.3% of them were satisfied with the service. On the other hand, 64.4% of people who were unaware of the services provided by local centers or institutions responded that they have ‘no information.’ Second, in terms of specific training services that immigrant women need, 37.0% responded that they need ‘vocational training’ and the service they wanted to receive to help their families was ‘stable occupation of husband’ for 31.4%. Also, 27.1% chose ‘technical positions’ for job preference and 29.3% chose 'various training programs (cooking, culture, etc)' for preferred government-funded services. Third, in terms of immigrant women's satisfaction in Korea, the average score for ‘satisfaction in Korea after immigration’ was highest at 3.77 points and the average score for ‘availability of information on policies for multicultural families’ was lowest at 2.94 points. In terms of their desires in Korea, the average score for ‘desire for bilingual education for the offspring’ was highest at 4.33 points, whereas the average score for ‘parent counseling for childcare’ was lowest at 3.90 points. Fourth, 35.0% of immigrant women experienced problems with 'communication' in Korea. The subject of conflict was ‘husband’ for 36.4% and the subject of discussion was also ‘husband’ for 41.7%. In terms of prejudice or discrimination they experience in Korea, 54.3% felt discrimination when they experienced ‘language barrier’ and 33.6% said that the severity of prejudice or discrimination was ‘average.’ Fifth, in terms of immigrant women's relationships with the 'subject of conflict’ or 'subject of discussion' in case of problems in Korea, 'husband' was the most popular subject of discussion regardless of the subject of conflict. In terms of the experience of prejudice or discrimination in Korea and the severity such experience, immigrant women felt 'very severe' or 'severe' discrimination when ‘newss or TV news ed negatively about immigrant women.’ Sixth, in terms of the understanding of service policies based on the general demographics of immigrant women, there were significant differences according to country of origin (p<.001), duration of stay (p<.05), and place of stay (p<.01). Seventh, when asked whether the service policies are based on the needs of immigrant women, there was a significant difference according to the type of occupation (p<.05). Eighth, there was a significant difference in immigrant women's adaptation to Korea according to the degree of awareness of service policies (p<.001). Ninth, there was a significant difference in the need of service policies for immigrant women in terms of language/learning/ emotional services for the offspring (p<.05) and bilingual education for the offspring (p<.05). Finally, the factors that affected immigrant women's awareness of service policies included ‘the Philippines as the country of origin,’ ‘place of stay,’ and ‘participation in service policies.’ In result of this study, it was found that more subjects are 'unaware' of the service policies. This is because there are limited places where immigrant women can meet other people. Considering that 72.2% of immigrant women cannot use the centers, the limitation of this study was that the subjects of survey were not surveyed in their daily activity zone. Most subjects found the need for 'bilingual education for the offspring' and more information on service policies led to better awareness, manifesting that more active regional promotion would be effective. In the future, effective methods of promotion should be discussed based on the circumstances of society.
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