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The Relationship of Spatial Characteristics and Social Functions of Elderly Center in Apartment Complex

아파트 단지 경로당의 공간 특성과 사회적 기능

  • 양세화 (울산대학교 주거환경학과) ;
  • 류현주 (울산대학교 주거환경학과)
  • Received : 2014.08.21
  • Accepted : 2014.12.26
  • Published : 2015.02.25
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Abstract

The purpose of this research is to analyze the relationships between spatial characteristics and social functions of elderly center in apartment complex. The data for the analysis were collected from July 3 to 13, 2012 in Ulsan by interviewing 177 elderly persons from 56 elderly centers in apartment complex, and were analyzed with descriptive statistics, analysis of variance, and multiple regression analysis. The eleven questions for social functions of elderly center were developed by the researchers based on the related literatures and were categorized into four factors including kinship, social interaction, leisure activity, and community belonging. The social functions of elderly center were found to be evaluated moderately appropriate except for the community belonging. The results of the multiple regression analysis of total social functions of elderly center provide strong support for the model. Five variables (one-person household, health condition, location of the center, floor plan of the center, and user organization) are shown to be significantly related to total social functions of the elderly center.

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