Factors Affecting the Intention of Multi-Family House Residents to Age in Place in a Potential Naturally Occurring Retirement Community of Seoul in South Korea

Park, Jung-A; Choi, Byungsook

doi:10.3390/su13168922

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Factors Affecting the Intention of Multi-Family House Residents to Age in Place in a Potential Naturally Occurring Retirement Community of Seoul in South Korea

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Jung-A Park

¹

and

Byungsook Choi

^2,*

¹

Department of Home Economics Education, Wonkwang University, Iksan 54538, Korea

²

Department of Housing Environmental Design, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Korea

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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Sustainability 2021, 13(16), 8922; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13168922

Submission received: 11 June 2021 / Revised: 26 July 2021 / Accepted: 30 July 2021 / Published: 9 August 2021

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Housing — the Basic Principle of Sustainability)

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This study reveals residents’ willingness to live in their current homes and communities and analyzes the factors related to their willingness to age in place in South Korea. Using a questionnaire survey method, data of 289 residents aged 55 or older were collected in apartment areas with the potential to become naturally occurring senior communities in Seoul. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation tests, t-test, ANOVA, factor analysis, and regression analysis by SPSS 26.0, and the findings were followed up. Housing services are very important in aging communities. Physical environment-oriented residential services promote a safe walking environment, facilities to support the elderly, a secure complex environment, a home-safety accident-prevention diagnosis service, home improvement, and home improvement support. Multiple regression analysis showed that residential services or elderly education and activity support services influence aging in place, which is a novel finding revealed in this study.

Keywords: willingness to age in place; apartment NORC areas; factors affecting the sustainable living; quality of life for the elderly; physical environment and residential service support

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Park, J.-A.; Choi, B. Factors Affecting the Intention of Multi-Family House Residents to Age in Place in a Potential Naturally Occurring Retirement Community of Seoul in South Korea. Sustainability 2021, 13, 8922. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13168922

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Park J-A, Choi B. Factors Affecting the Intention of Multi-Family House Residents to Age in Place in a Potential Naturally Occurring Retirement Community of Seoul in South Korea. Sustainability. 2021; 13(16):8922. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13168922

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Park, Jung-A, and Byungsook Choi. 2021. "Factors Affecting the Intention of Multi-Family House Residents to Age in Place in a Potential Naturally Occurring Retirement Community of Seoul in South Korea" Sustainability 13, no. 16: 8922. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13168922

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Park, J.-A., & Choi, B. (2021). Factors Affecting the Intention of Multi-Family House Residents to Age in Place in a Potential Naturally Occurring Retirement Community of Seoul in South Korea. Sustainability, 13(16), 8922. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13168922

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