Title Page

Abstract

Contents

I. Introduction 11

1. The Necessity of Research 11

2. Research Purpose and Questions 17

II. Theoretical Background 19

1. Out-of-school Arts and Sports Education 19

1) Definition 19

2) Classification 23

3) Status Quo 30

2. Family Education Decisions 36

1) Definition 36

2) Influencing Factors 39

3. Arts and Sports Education Expenditure in Family Education Decisions 52

III. Research Methods 56

1. Research Hypothesis 56

2. Research Subject 56

3. Analysis Tools 57

1) Family Factors 57

2) Children Factors 58

3) External Factors 59

4. Data Analysis 59

IV. Results 61

1. Descriptive Statistical Analysis 61

2. Chi-square(x²) Test Analysis 64

1) Famliy Factors on Expenditures for arts and sports education 64

2) Children Factors 70

3) External Factors 76

V. Discussion and Conclusions 81

References 85

국문초록 95

Appendix 97

〈Table 1〉 Descriptive statistics (N＝211) 63

〈Table 2〉 Family annual income on education expenditures decisions 66

〈Table 3〉 Parents' interest on education expenditures decisions 68

〈Table 4〉 Parents' education level on education expenditures decisions 69

〈Table 5〉 Children's interest on education expenditures decisions 72

〈Table 6〉 Types of arts and sports education on education expenditures decisions 73

〈Table 7〉 Children's academic performance on education expenditures decisions 74

〈Table 8〉 Children's grade on education expenditures decisions 76

〈Table 9〉 Parents' access to information on education expenditures decisions 78

〈Table 10〉 Parents' satisfaction with policy on education expenditures decisions 80