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 Volume 10, Issue 9 (September 2023), Pages: 150-157

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 Original Research Paper

Effect of gender sensitivity on attitudes toward marriage and childbirth among university students in South Korea

 Author(s): 

 Jae Hee Kim *

 Affiliation(s):

 Department of Nursing, Daejin University, Pocheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3624-7710

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2023.09.017

 Abstract:

This research delves into the intricate domain of gender sensitivity, a cognitive process rooted in the awareness of gender equality and the ability to actively endorse and practice it. The study focuses on a cohort of university students on the brink of marriageable and childbearing age, aiming to scrutinize the potential influence of gender sensitivity on their attitudes towards marriage and childbirth. Employing a convenience sampling method, 196 students spanning from first to fourth-year were enlisted as participants. Data were collected through online surveys conducted between April 5 and April 12, 2022. Our findings illuminate that male participants harbor a more affirmative disposition towards both marriage and childbirth compared to their female counterparts. Moreover, a significant positive correlation surfaces between attitudes towards marriage and childbirth. Intriguingly, the study exposes a notable inverse relationship between gender sensitivity and attitudes towards marriage (β = -.49, t = -7.13, p < 0.001) as well as childbirth (β = -.44, t = -6.45, p < 0.001). In light of these revelations, the study underscores the paramount importance of integrating gender sensitivity into strategies aimed at enhancing university students' perspectives on marriage and childbirth. Moreover, it advocates for a policy-oriented approach to ameliorate gender inequality on a societal scale. The study's profound significance lies in its revelation that, in a society lacking in gender sensitivity, the prevalence of marriages and fertility rates may exhibit a negative correlation with gender sensitivity. This underscores the imperative need for sustained governmental efforts to augment gender sensitivity.

 © 2023 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Gender sensitivity, University students, Attitudes, Marriage, Childbirth

 Article History: Received 25 April 2023, Received in revised form 30 August 2023, Accepted 31 August 2023

 Acknowledgment 

The author thanks the nursing students of Daejin university for their survey assistance.

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Kim JH (2023). Effect of gender sensitivity on attitudes toward marriage and childbirth among university students in South Korea. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 10(9): 150-157

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