essay
The Korean family in Los Angeles
Koreans in Los Angeles : prospects and promises • (2) • Published In 1982 • Pages: 99-132
By: Hong, Lawrence K..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Despite the phenomenal growth of the Korean population in the United States and intense interest in studying this immigrant group, there has been relatively little information on the immigrant Korean families themselves. Hong attempts to rectify this situation to some extent by presenting in this paper a detailed study of the Korean American family in Los Angeles, California. Based on the results of questionnaires given to a random sample, the author presents his data on the family in two parts. Part 1 describes the characteristics of Korean families in terms of economic status, marital status, family size, household composition, family life cycle, and the conjugal power structure. Part 2 deals with marital satisfaction in which the degree of happiness or lack thereof between husband and wife is discussed. Marital satisfaction is then evaluated in terms of a number of selected characteristics such as family life cycle, income, conjugal power structure, mutualization (the sharing of similar interests and activities between husband and wife), and social activities (p. 104).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Drives and emotions
- Occupational specialization
- Labor supply and employment
- Basis of marriage
- Household
- Family relationships
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Korean Americans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1995
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1977
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1960s-1970s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Lawrence K. Hong
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-132)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 82072193
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Korean Americans