Phenomenological Study on Husband's Role in Rural Multicultural Family

This study performed quality study to examine cognition and experience as it is about husband role of wife`s perception in rural multicultural family. Specifically the results of in-depth interviews with 13 females in rural multicultural family was analyzed through phenomenological method. The results were as followings: first, wife`s cognition about husband role in rural multicultural family, they were `nice and warm man`, `no special thought`, `clean and cool looking man`, `man without straitening wife`, `husband taking care of housekeeping`, `having independent family` and `strong responsibility to children`. Females in rural multicultural family did not deeply think about husband`s role at international marriage, but it could be known that vague longing for rich country, Korea by Korean wave and its expectation continued to expectation on husband. Second, they were `good-tempered and nice to me`, `adjust to me`, `irresponsibility and apathy`, `cannot lean to him`, `no housekeeping`, `intermediate role between his family`, `more taking care of children, parents and relatives`, `drink, gambling and violence`. The experience of husband role was little different from cognition of husband role by females in rural mulitcultural family.