Purpose: This study aimed to explore the experiences of unmarried mothers with institutional living experiences in terms of adaptation and self-reliance in the community, as well as the factors that promote and hinder self-reliance. Methods: Data were collected through one-on-one in-depth interviews with six unmarried mothers who lived in unmarried mother-child family welfare facilities before and after childbirth and then moved to the community after leaving the facilities. Based on the collected data, a qualitative case study was conducted using Yin's method of analysis. Results: The results derived five units of analysis and eleven categories. The eleven categories were as follows: ‘The last space I relied on,’ ‘Preparing for self-reliance by adapting to community life’, ‘Choices of your own life,’ ‘Consideration of the environment for raising children,’ ‘Strengthening human capital,’ ‘Self-restraint to secure self-reliance fund,’ ‘Building a support system within a homogeneous group,’ ‘Policy and social service support,’ ‘Planning a future with your child,’ ‘Exterior and disconnection,’ and ‘Dilemma between non-national support recipients and national support recipients.’ Conclusion: Based on the results, we discuss the need for social welfare policies that consider changes in the characteristics of unmarried mothers, social service support, ways to improve social relationships, and the development of self-reliance programs.

서 론
    1. 연구의 필요성
    2. 연구목적
연 구 방 법
    1. 연구설계
    2. 연구자의 준비
    3. 연구참여자 모집과 선정
    4. 자료수집
    5. 윤리적 고려
    6. 자료분석
    7. 연구의 엄격성 제고전략
연 구 결 과
    1. 한부모가족복지시설 거주 경험
    2. 자립의 계기
    3. 자립 전략
    4. 자립지지 요인
    5. 자립저해 요인
논 의
결 론 및 제 언
REFERENCES

• 강라현(연구법인 질적연구 HA 연구소 협력연구원) | Kang Ra Hyeon (Collaborative Researcher, Qualitative Research HA Institute, Seoul, Korea) Corresponding author