한국아동패널 2014 심층분석 연구

Abstract

This report aimed to expand the use of the panel data on Korean children in various research fields. In the multidisciplinary studies on the early childhood education and care, the KICCE researchers and experts in different fields analyzed the panel data in depth.

The major findings of PSKC

First, we analyzed the panel data in a methodological approach. Concerned with complexity and measurement error of cross-sectional and longitudinal data, we introduced the new method of analysis such as growth model estimation and actor-partner interdependence model, in which the multiple response of and relationship between couples and children were studied. Secondly, for the economic approach, the effect of policy on early childhood education and care was tested by the input-process-output model. The gender gap on the early stage investment(e.g. breast-feeding) was also tested in terms of economic analysis. Thirdly, for the health/physiological approach, the effect of maternal depression during and after pregnancy on the children’s allergy was tested. Fourthly, the effects of experiences at the child care institutions and interactions between child and teacher/peers on the child development were tested. We also tested the effects of parental variables(child-rearing time, participation, and child-rearing stress) on the early childhood development. Lastly, we tested the effects of mother’s psychological characteristics, family environment, and awareness of rearing environment at the community on the decision-making of additional childbirth. Decision factors of working mom with infant/toddler on sustaining employment was also analyzed.

The results of this report expanded the scope of tasks to be implemented by the panel study and were connected to the major policy agenda. Policy implications and appropriate issues on the early childhood education and care will be addressed in the following in-depth analytic study.