• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.42 no.10 s.200
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• pp.11-22
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• 2004

The purpose of this study was to examine the structure of financial risk components of households. The financial risk of households was assumed to be composed of risk knowledge, risk attitude and risk management behavior. For this study, a questionnaire was developed and distributed to 700 households in Seoul and Kwangju, and there were 495 responses with usable data. The findings showed that income stability had a positive relationship with the level of risk knowledge and risk attitude. Income stability, household debt, age of the youngest child and risk knowledge were found to have direct effects on risky vs. non-risky asset ratio. Income stability, savings, age of the youngest child and risk knowledge also had significant effects on the number of risky assets owned by households. Risk knowledge was the most important determinant of risk management behavior.

• Journal of the Korean housing association
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 1995

The major purpose of this study was to determine the factors which affect elderly individuals' innovativeness toward housing. The. study analyzed data from the Southern Regional Research Project. S-194. “Barriers and incentives to affordable Housing”. The sample consisted of 1.878 respondents over age 55 who resided in 28 communties in seven southern states in the U.S. Results describing demographic and housing characteristics of respondents were summarized. The following findings were revealed from two statistical techniques (the ANOVA and Multiple Regression): 1) Those age 55 to 64. previous residents of larger communities. and those with higher incomes possess higher personal innovativeness toward housing: and 2) Age was a significant predictor to explain elderly respondents' positive attitude to adopt new or unusual housing types and technologies in housing.

• Journal of the Korean housing association
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.43-51
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• 2000

The study analyzed emotional influence and its implications of childhood housing environment with the environmental autobiography method. 222 essays of students in T University based on childhood memory are collected in identifying physical environment, emotional meaning and the value of places to them. Findings indicate that childhood housing environment is recognized as a influencing factor for making individual personality and the view of the world. The study also found that emotional recognition for the housing environment is given much weight in the indoor places, and to be the most affirmative adaptation attitude. Emotional influence of housing environment is significantly different depending on a residential area and house type, and each places of housing environment is charged in the variety emotional characters.

• Journal of the Korean housing association
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.119-129
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• 2010

The purpose of this study was to identify perception on housing welfare of social welfare practitioners. Specific research interest was focused on the area of housing welfare services and necessity, problems when execute housing welfare services, and activating strategy of housing welfare. For the research purpose, questionnaires were distributed to 537 people who work in the field of social welfare including social welfare officials in local government authorities and social workers at community welfare centers nationwide by mail and e-mail and 405 questionnaires were analyzed using SPSS 15.0 program. Respondents thought that the supply of public rental housing was the most important service to promote housing welfare. They also indicated the most serious problem was the lack of budget and housing welfare services and programs. As main reasons of local government's passive attitude toward housing welfare services and programs, respondents mentioned low interest level of housing welfare and lack of housing welfare education. Most of the respondents agreed the necessity of introducing the curricula related to housing welfare and expected to spread interest toward housing welfare in the field of social welfare.

• Journal of the Korean housing association
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.77-85
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• 1997

The purpose of this study was to estimate the quality if New Town housing environment, and to present the direction of design policy to elevate it. For this study questionnaires were administrated to 272 homemakers living in apartment in Bundang. From 1st of May to 31st of May in 1995. Used statistical method was Frequency. Percentage. Mean, Factor Analysis, Correlation, Multiple Regression. The major finding is as follows : 1) Housing values were classified into five types : convenience, beauty, sociality, education, and economy, Resident ranked first economy among housing values the second is convenience, the third beauty, the forth education, while the most unimportant value is sociality. 2) House satisfaction was classified into four types : house size and plane structure, environment and facilities, interior decoration materials and facilities and building design. Residents were found to show the middle degree satisfaction on their house. 3) Housing complex satisfaction was ciassified four types : community facilities, management stage, neighborhood connection and complex facilities. Resident showed dissatisfaction on their apartment complex relatively. 4) Residents showed dissatisfaction on the interior decoration materials and facilities, local facilities and management attitude relatively.

• Journal of the Korean housing association
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.39-46
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• 1993

The purpose of this study is to find the problem of housing management through the investigation of agent of apartment house management. Therefore this study to providing reasonable information that can help the Government and management stafft deal with the provlems in apartement house. For the purpose of this study, qusetionaire consists of the contents for works of management and attitude of management staff about it. Qusetionaires were administered to 120 management staff in Ulsan, Pusan. 120 data was analized by the SPSS+ PC. The statistics used were frequency, mean, corelation.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.185-197
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• 2007

Permanent rental housing which is entirely financed by the Government is welfare housing for those who fall within the lowest income bracket. This type of housing is intended for use as rental housing on a long-term basis. At present, there are about 190,000 permanent rental housing units in Korea. The purpose of this study is to suggest the implications to improve the management and welfare service system of permanent rental housing. For this, qualitative data were collected by using the in-depth interview with staffs of community welfare center and management office of five permanent rental housing complexes and two times of advisory committee meeting with housing and social welfare experts. To analyze the data gathered in this study, the constant comparative method of data analysis was used. Conflicts between the management office and social welfare center of permanent rental housing could be classified into two aspects; personal and operational. Main reasons for the conflicts between two institutions were identified such as attitude of management office staffs, lack of cooperation, current administrative system, lack of management resources such as space and operation cost, and so on. Based on the results, some implications including institutional support and social complementary cooperation were suggested for improvement of management and welfare service system for the residents of permanent rental housing.

• Proceeding of Spring/Autumn Annual Conference of KHA
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• 1995.10a
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• pp.129-134
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• 1995

• Proceeding of Spring/Autumn Annual Conference of KHA
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• 1994.05a
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• pp.37-44
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• 1994

The purpose of this research is to present necessity of manament system establishment and policy direction for fundmental data, understanding management reality and problem, comparing resident's management attitude to related variables in apartment and raw houses multi-family houses. The major finding were as follows : 1) The management attitude of Apartment inhabitant is very highm especially the attitude of maintenance management is the higest. But they disagree with the raise of management cost necessary to maintenance management. 2) The management attitude of Raw multi-family houses inhbitant is especially high, the maintenance management demand for safety and community-life contol attitude, resident's mutual cooperation is especially high, they think much of autonomy management, desire to achieve under more sysemnatic plan.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.35 no.5
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• pp.279-289
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• 1997

This study was performed to measure the level of college students' perception and attitude concerning living resource conservation. The questionnaire was developed to measure their attitude and perception on living resource conservation. The subjects were 787 college students in Seoul. The major findings are as follows: 1. The perception and attitude on living resource conservation of housing resource were higher than that of food resource or clothing resource. And the perception was higher than the attitude in general. 2. The perception and attitude on conservation of living resources were significantly different according to the gender, age, and grade. 3. The group that had high perception on conservation of living resource actively put living resource conservation in practice. 4. The group that had showed strong interesting on living resource conservation got information on it from mass communication system or their parents.