경기도민의 통근시간과 삶의 질- 생활시간 및 소득과의 관계를 중심으로 - = The Quality of Life and Commuting: Considering Time - Use and Income of Kyunggi Resident

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study aims to reveal the relationship between commuting and subjective well-being, while considering other life domains that can be influenced by commuting time. To do so, theoretical perspectives that accounts for commuting and subjective well-being. Two main perspectives – resource drain and compensation – are discussed. Then, we empirically investigate the interrelation of various factors that influences subjective well-being using structural equation model. A dataset from the 2016 Kyunggi-do quality of life survey data is employed.
Our result shows show that an increase in commute time does not significantly affect other life domains, such as leisure time and sleeping. In addition, long commuting does not decrease subjective well-being of respondents. It seems that increasing income compensates the negative effect of long-commuting, and people who work to and from Seoul earn more money. Compensation theory works better in understanding subjective well-being of Kyunggi residents.
This result has some policy implications. First, jobs offering high income are important for enhancing life satisfaction and happiness. Policy efforts for locating more decent jobs in Kyunggi-do are necessary. Second, we need to concern the ways to increase subjective well-being of people who work in Kyunggi-do.

국문 초록 (Abstract)

본 연구는 경기도민의 삶의 질과 관련하여 통근시간과 삶의 여러 영역들의 관계를 한정된 자원으로 인한 경쟁적인관계로 보는 자원유출이론과 다른 영역에서 가치를 획득하는 상쇄관계로 보는 보상이론을 통해서 검증하고자 하였다.
분석자료는 ‘경기도민 삶의 질 조사’의 원자료이며 분석방법은 구조방정식을 활용하였다. 통근시간과 삶의 영역들과의관련성을 확인하기 위하여 생활시간 및 소득 관련 변수를 매개변수를 투입하였다.
분석결과 기존 연구들과 달리 장거리 통근에 의한 삶의 질에 대한 부적인 영향이 나타나지 않았으며, 통근시간이 일상생활 변수들과 보상적인 관계를 형성하고 있음이 나타났다. 장거리 통근자의 경우에 길어진 통근시간을 상대적으로짧은 근무시간과 높은 소득으로 보상을 받아서 통근시간이 갖고 있는 부정적인 영향을 상쇄시키고 있는 것이다. 이와관련하여 추가적인 연구방향과 정책적 제언을 제시하였다.

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