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The purpose of this study is to search for measures to support a residential-culture education program for multicultural families based upon a premise of its importance. By analysing the supporting programs of Gangwon province multicultural family support center, the residential-culture education status was examined and through the in-depth interview with five immigrant women who resides in the city of Chumcheon, their living experience, recognition of living environment and the difference of residential-culture between Korea and their home country were researched. As a result, there are almost no residential-culture education programs by multicultural family support centers, only eight among those fourteen centers have a few introductory classes mentioning food-culture as multicultural families integration education, therefore immigrant women experiences psychological distress not only by the overall immigrant living discomfort but the cultural conflict between family members caused by the different living style. Consequently, residential-culture education program to be conducted not only for immigrants but also for every multicultural family members, also 'Education program to understand residential-culture' and 'Education program to support adaptation for residential-culture transition' to be proposed in the early stage of immigration. These programs shall help them to adapt to the different living style and minimize the cultural conflict of family members by understanding different residential-culture of each other.