본 연구는 소수민족이 이민국에서 부정적인 면만을 나타낸다는 종래의 연구에 대해 긍정적인 면이 존재한다는 관점에서 해외동포가 많이 거주하고 있는 중국 미국 일본을 대상으로 해외동포의 직업구성의 공간적 특성을 파악하였다. 그 결과 인구규모상 제1위의 도시를 포함하는 지역에는 상업이, 제2위의 도시를 포함하는 지역에는 제조업이 가장 특화된 직업이고, 제3위의 도시를 포함하는 지역은 제1, 2위 도시를 포함하는 각 지역 특화직업의 중간적 성격을 띄고 있다는 점이 밝혀졌다. 그리고 인구규모상 제1위의 도시를 포함하는 지역에는 전문직중인 법조인, 의료인, 종교인, 교육자 등이 특화직업으로 나타났다. 이에 따라 해외동포는 종래 경제적 지위향상을 위해 노력해 왔으나 앞으로는 경제적인 바탕위에서 우리동포의 강한 교육열로 사회적 지위향상을 위해 노력함 것으로 생각되어 인구규모상 수위도시를 포함하는 지역뿐만 아니라 다른 지역에서도 화이트 칼러의 진출이 두드러질 것이다.
This study examines spatial characteristics of residential distribution and occupational composition of Korean emmigrants who live in China, United States, and Japan. The data used are The Conditions of Korean Emmigrants published by Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1995. Analysis method used this data are as follows: 1) to clarify the tendency and spatial distribution of Korean emmigrants in each nation. 2) to grasp the residential distribution of Korean emmigrants in China, United States, and Japan where many Koreans have lived. 3) to analyze the occupational composition and its spatial characteristics of Korean emmigrants. The main findindgs obtained are summarized as follows: Farmer, forester, stock farmer, and fishery occupy over 50% of the employees of Korean emmigrants in China; traders and other employees occupy about three-fourths of the employees of Korean emmigrants in United States; and other employees occupy about 80% of the employees of Korean emmigrants in Japan. Therefore, the ratio of occupational composition of Korean emmigrants was influenced by emmigration motive, level of economic development of emmigration nation, restrictive condition for ethnic minority, and social status before emmigration etc. Specialized occupational composition in region where many Korean emmigrants in each nation lived was that the highest specialized occupation in region including primary city in population scale is trader; the highest specialized occupation in region including secondary city is manufacturing employee, and the highest specialized occupation in region including third city has transitional characteristics of each region including primary and secondary city. And professional occupation such as lawyer, doctor, religionist and educator appeared to the region including primary city. Finally, Korean emmigrants in United States and Japan contributed to the revitalization of inner city areas. And potential ethnic organization can be seen in church, mass media, and enterprise association in United States, but it can be seen in community shopping association in Japan, Because American society is based on Christianity but Japanese society is not.
