본 연구는 일본과 우리나라의 주부들의 친환경상품에 대한 의식이 재활용행동에 미치는 영향을 비교 고찰해 봄으로 앞으로 우리나라에서 재활용 상품이 발전해 나가야 할 방안을 모색할 수 있는 기초자료로 삼는 것을 목적으로 한다.
본 연구는 설문지법을 사용하여 한국과 일본의 30, 40대 주부 총398개를 분석에 사용하였고, SPSS 12.0을 이용하여 빈도분석, 회귀분석, 요인분석을 실시하였다.
연구의 결과는 다음과 같다.
한국 주부들의 친환경 패션상품의식은 재활용행동 중 교환 및 재활용, 증여, 환경관심에 유의적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났고, 일본 주부들은 교환 및 재활용, 환경관심에서 유의적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 한국 주부들은 친환경패션상품에 대한 지식, 정보와 관심이 많고 상품에 대한 만족도가 높을수록, 상품에 대한 불신임이 낮을수록, 일본 주부는 친환경 상품에 대한 관심이 높을수록 정보 불만족이 낮을수록 교환 및 재활용 행동을 많이 하고 있었다. 한국 주부들은 친환경상품의 가치성과 구매의사, 정보관심이 높을수록, 일본 주부들은 정보 불만족, 불신임이 낮을수록 환경문제에 대한 관심이 높게 나타났다.
The study aims at comparatively investigating the influences that the awareness of Japanese and Korean housewives toward environment-friendly products have on recycling behaviors, and thus providing the basic data for finding the ways for recycling products to make further improvements in Korea.
The study used questionnaire method for the analyses of a total of 398 subjects of Korean and Japanese housewives in their 30s and 40s. Frequency analysis, regression analysis, and factor analysis were conducted, with the help of SPSS 12.0.
The findings are as follows.
The study indicated that the awareness of environment-friendly fashion products had significant influences on exchange & recycling, gift, and environmental interest, among recycling behaviors, in the case of Korean housewives, while the awareness had significant influences on exchange & recycling and environmental interest, in the case of Japanese counterparts. For Korean housewives, the behaviors of exchange & recycling were found to appear more, as the knowledge, information, or interest toward environment-friendly fashion products was more, and as the satisfaction with products was higher, and as the distrust of products was lower. For Japanese counterparts, the behaviors of exchange & recycling were more, as the interest in the environment-friendly products was higher, and as information dissatisfaction was lower. For Korean housewives, their interest in environmental issues was higher, as the worthiness of environment-friendly products, purchase intention, or information interest were higher. For Japanese counterparts, their interest in environmental issues was higher, as the information dissatisfaction or mistrust were lower.