• Architectural research
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.31-40
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• 2011

Profit-keeping behaviors naturally occur in the market to satisfy consumers, and the logic behind it lies in the economies of scale. On the flip side, some commodities transacted in the market are not available or can not be easily acquired unless the demand is high enough. Under this proposition, some consumers rise and find their own solution to meet the services at a reasonable cost or at an adequate level. The commonly adopted way is to establish a cooperative, and it stirs purchasing power by pooling resources and further bargains price and service quality. As a consumer cooperative, housing cooperatives notably found in rural towns enable the elderly to continue independent living. This study is to take a closer look at residential life of the rural elderly in housing cooperatives. Utilizing in-depth focus group interviews with 40 residents in four housing cooperatives, this qualitative research draws main factors affecting the decision to move in, residential assessment, and strengths and weakness of living in a housing cooperative. The primary factor influencing the moving decision is to continue to independent living in a familiar community, and the bottom line is planning ahead. Frailty and bereavement are found to be the leading occasions for them to move. The participants are satisfied with the independent living arrangement, and particularly, cited such features as safety and security, elderly-friendly design, common spaces, freedom, social activities and efficient living. Also, it is stated that some cooperative natures such as control over the property and giving a voice on management render positive impacts on the satisfaction with communal living. In spite of all the benefits and strengths, participants face with a public notion that an independent living arrangement like a housing cooperative has never done before in rural towns, so that most people recognize it as part of dependent living arrangements like nursing home.

• 한국주거학회논문집
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.69-77
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• 1998

This study has been performed to analyze living arrangement in later life. In this study, 276 Koreans aged 60 or more were interviewed for their current household structure. The results are drawn as follows: 1. Of all the households with at least one person aged 60 or more, those living in three generations account for the largest proportion, 39.9 percent. For the regional difference, the rate was slightly higher in urban areas than in rural areas. 2. 48.7% of the subjects living in owned homes were households with elderly only, but only 23% of those living in rented homes are elderly only. Overall, the rate of elderly-only households becomes the highest for those living in owned single structure homes. This result indicates that the elderly with higher economic status are more likely to live without children than others. 3. As for birth order, those who grew up as the first child are most likely to live in elderly-only households, while others are in three generation homes. 4. The elderly with few children are more likely to live independently than those with many children, not because they are without dependable children, but because spend less resource for childbearing and therefore are more independent. 5. Overall in this, it is supported that socioeconomic status and independability are more influential factors on living arrangement of the elderly than regional or emotional factors.

• International Journal of Human Ecology
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.117-129
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• 2005

The purpose of this research was to study opinions on elderly housing and attitudes toward the problems related to elderly lives, which were due to dependence or independence in later life. The survey was conducted among middle-aged people in their fifties, living in Seoul. The final sample included 498 respondents. Since the statistical analysis was focused only on independent and dependent groups, total cases for the analysis were 373. The results of this study were as follows. Firstly, the group that was more independent in later life tended to be healthier, lived with a husband or wife, had no children, and had more monthly income and assets. Secondly, the group that was more independent in later life believed that they had the sole responsibility of resolving later life issues. The group that was more dependent believed that their family, not themselves, must resolve their later life problems. The independent group wanted to continue their work or enjoy leisure. Thirdly, the group that was more independent about elderly housing stated that they were responsible for it, while the other group stated that their family was. There were no significant differences between the two groups in terms of general idea, and social interest. However, the independent group answered that more development and management of elderly housing were needed. The expected living arrangement in their later lives was similar. Also, there were no differences between the two groups in living with family or the demand for service from elderly housing.

• Architectural research
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.73-83
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• 2010

Aging is accompanied with numerous transitions in life, and residential environment becomes a pivotal part of the elderly's lives. Physically supportive housing linked with services emerges in midst of the reality that retrofitting housing with special features has been seriously underfunded. The purpose of this study was to examine the residential satisfaction of the elderly in two types of independent living arrangements specially designed for the elderly. The indices of residential supportiveness were developed, and the questionnaire survey was adopted for data collection. Two hundred eighty residents living in two different kinds of senior housing participated in the survey, and all the collected responses were used for data analysis. The finding showed that almost all of the elderly positively assessed their senior living. That is, the statistical analysis illustrated that satisfaction indices of senior living significantly and positively contributed the satisfaction with overall residential environment. Satisfaction with physical environment was the only strong predictor in explaining current residential satisfaction of the elderly in senior rental housing, and accounted for a small proportion of the variance in the dependent variable. Since affordability was the biggest concern among residents in senior housing, it was of significance that long-term housing affordability was ensured and reduction in service cost by utilizing economies of scale was pursued.

• 감성과학
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.193-200
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• 2012

본 연구의 목적은 넥타이의 폭, 스트라이프의 배열과 면적비에 따른 소비자 감성을 알아보는 데 있었다. 본 연구의 측정 도구는 자극물과 소비자 감성 척도로 이루어져 있었다. 자극물은 넥타이 폭(좁은, 중간, 넓은), 스트라이프 배열(가로, 세로, 사선), 스트라이프 면적비(1:1, 1:2, 1:3)로 된 27개의 컬러 그림으로 조작되었으며, 소비자 감성은 7점 척도를 사용하였다. 자료는 서울, 광주, 대구, 진주, 창원 등지에 거주하는 20-30대 성인남녀 270명을 대상으로 하여 2011년 11월에 수집되었다. 자료 분석은 SPSS프로그램에 의해 변량분석과 Duncan-test가 사용되었다. 본 연구의 결과는 다음과 같다.; 넥타이의 폭, 스트라이프의 배열과 면적비에 따른 소비자 감성은 매력성, 품위성, 개성, 능력성, 활동성의 5개 차원으로 구성되었다. 넥타이 폭은 매력성, 품위성에서 독립적인 효과가 나타났다. 스트라이프 배열은 매력성, 품위성, 개성, 능력성에서 독립적인 효과가 나타났고, 스트라이프 면적비는 품위성에서 독립적인 효과가 나타났다. 또한 넥타이 폭과 스트라이프 면적비는 능력성에서 상호작용효과가 나타났다. 이러한 연구 결과는 넥타이 상품 기획 시 유용한 자료가 될 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

• Architectural research
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.149-156
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• 2014

This research is designed to identify factors that affect life satisfaction of the Korean elderly by studying residential environments and individual personalities as independent variables, and life satisfaction of the elderly as a dependent variable. It also includes emotional and instrumental support to describe relations between variables as mediating variables. It utilizes a questionnaire survey as its research method and studies those aged 65 and over living in urban, suburban and rural areas. In addition, regression and path analysis is used to identify casual links between different variables. The results are as follows: (1) Direct factors that impact emotional support are home ownership (direct effect= -.18) and transportation services (.15). That is, those who own their home and have easy access to public transpiration show increased levels of emotional support. (2) Direct factors that affect instrumental support are economic status (direct effect= .311) and living arrangement (.17). In other words, those who are financially stable and live with their children have more instrumental support. (3) Factors linked directly to life satisfaction of the elderly are their age (direct effect= -.10), health status (.19), economic status (.25), region of living (.22) and housing type (.19). (4) Among the mediating variables, emotional support has direct effect (.45) while instrumental support has indirect effect (.16).

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.440-449
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• 2023

Background: This study aimed to analyze the prehospital process and reperfusion therapy process of acute ischemic stroke in Busan metropolitan area and examine the impact of living arrangement on the early management and functional outcomes of acute ischemic stroke (AIS). Methods: The patients who diagnosed with AIS and received reperfusion therapy at the Busan Regional Cardiovascular Center between September 2020 and May 2023 were selected. We investigated the patients' hospital arrival time (onset to door time) and utilization of 119 emergency ambulance services. Additionally, various time matrices related to reperfusion therapy after hospital were examined, along with the functional outcome at the 90-day after treatment. Results: Among the 753 AIS patients who underwent reperfusion therapy, 166 individuals (22.1%) were living alone. AIS patients living alone experienced significant delays in symptom detection (p<0.05) and hospital arrival compared to AIS patients with cohabitants (370.1 minutes vs. 210.2 minutes, p<0.001). There were no significant differences between the two groups in terms of 119 ambulance utilization and time metrics related with the reperfusion therapy. Independent predictors of prognosis in AIS patients were found to be age above 70, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score at admission, tissue plasminogen activator, living alone (odds ratio [OR], 1.785; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.155-2.760) and interhospital transfer (OR, 1.898; 95% CI, 1.152-3.127). Delay in identification of AIS was shown significant correlation (OR, 2.440; 95% CI, 1.070-5.561) at living alone patients. Conclusion: This study revealed that AIS patients living alone in the Busan metropolitan region, requiring endovascular treatment, face challenges in the pre-hospital phase, which significantly impact their prognosis.

• 한국시조학회지:시조학논총
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.179-205
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• 2003

The purpose of this study is about to consider the structure of dualistic recognition between "Gang-Ho"(ideal sanctuary) and real world in the "Songs of Fisherman" written by Lee Hyeon Bo. In order to do this job, I analized the arrangement of the contents and extract the exact in and outward meaning of elements and expressions; usage of them between lines of this Song. Based on these works, I tried to explain the confronted recognitions of the two worlds. At the first, about the arrangement and contents of this poem, It is consisted of 5 independent sub-poems and each of them are describing the value of fisherman's life(at the poem 가), separation from mundane world(나), satisfaction of fisherman's life(다), nature of "Gnag-Ho"(라), domiciliation in the place(마). It looks like that the writer intended to have the arrangement probability and likelihood connecting poems. Secondly, It contrast the nature of the "Gang-Ho" and real world. The sanctuary is a place of 'absence of worldly desire' and 'cordiality' that could afford one's harmonious life. On the other hand, the real world is a troublesome place which always conflicts political confrontations. For those reasons, the writer wants to satisfy with his living in "Gang-Ho" separating himself from the real world. Thirdly, The nature of "Gang-Ho" is 'absence of worldly desire' and 'cordiality' that one could be deserved his diligency becoming a part of the harmonious idealistic living place. Fourthly, on the character of story teller. Originally he is a incomer of "Gang-Ho" from real world. so that reason, he is showing dualism not to deny the loyalty oath to his king, while he intends to satisfy with the life in "Gang- Ho" separating himself from real world. As a gentry, at that time, the loyalty oath is inevitable one and that is found from writer's other works either. Fifthly, Characters of the different world recognition. The main reason of his intention to "Gang-Ho" roots on out of worldly confrontations, his separation from real world is on a joyous peaceful life just like in "Gang-Ho". this study believes the writer imply that 'absence of worldly desire' and 'cordiality' of "Gang-Ho", be a key role to resolve the confrontation of real world. Lee Hyeon Bo himself regards the two elements as a advisable attitude of life. At last, Seeing the writer's other work and literature's educational effect, this study defines that even if the poem outwardly express one's lyricism but inside it warns governors ruling attitude.

• 한국인구학
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.99-134
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• 1997

본 연구의 목적은 미국에 거주하는 65세 이상의 한국 영주권자 노인들의 주거형태에 영향을 끼치는 요인들을 조사하는 것이다. 이를 위해 1990년 미국 센서스 데이터인 Public Use Microdata(Samples PUMS)의 8% sub-sample을 이용하였다. 주거형태에 영향을 주는 주요변인들로 동화과정(이민 온 연령과 영어구사능력), 경제적 요인 (지난 일년간의 개인수입과 보조적 보장소득 수혜여부), 건강상태(외출활동과 일상생활 활동능력), 그리고 민족 지역공동체 등이 포함되었으며, 나이, 성별, 교육, 결혼상태 등의 변인들을 함께 통제하여 분석하였다. 연구결과 동화과정과 경제적 여유는 재미 한국 영주권자 노인의 단독주거에 긍정적인 역할을 하고 있는 반면, 건강과 한국 지역공동체는 주거형태에 통계적으로 일관된 영향력을 보이지 않았다. 동화과정의 측정변수로서 이민연령의 효과는 배우자 유무에 상관없이 통계적으로 유의미하게 한국 노인들의 단독거주에 긍정적인 것으로 나타난 반면, 영어구사 능력의 경우, 무배우자 노인들 중 영어구사능력이 높을수록 가족과 함께 살고 있었고, 유배우자 노인들에게는 영어를 구사할 수 있는 능력이 가족과 떨어져 사는 데 긍정적인 역할을 하였다. 특히 무배우자 노인들의 경우, 이민연령의 효과 역시 순수한 의미의 동화과정이라기보다는 사회보장 프로그램을 수혜하기 위한 자격조건과 한인지역 네트워트 파악을 위한 적응기간이라는 설명이 더 설득력이 있다. 배우자의 유무와는 무관하게 보조적 보장소득의 혜택을 받고 있는 한국 노인들이 그렇지 않은 노인들보다 두 세배 이상 단독주거를 하고 있었다. 일단 보조적 보장소득을 수혜하고 있는 노인들에게는 메디케이드, 푸드스탬프, 정부지원 월세보조금, 공공요금 할인 등 다양한 사회보장 프로그램을 받을 수 있는 자격이 주어지므로 대부분의 보조적 보장소득 수혜 노인들은 단순히 금전적인 수입의 측면뿐 아니라 그 외의 사회보장 프로그램에 의존하고 있다. 이러한 면에서 보조적 보장소득의 수혜는 한국 영주권자 노인들의 독립적인 삶에 큰 역할을 하고 있다. 이러한 사회복지 프로그램을 영주권자들에게는 전면 금지하는 새로운 사회복지법은 재미 한국 영주권자 노인들뿐 아니라 그들의 가족들에게도 막대한 경제적 부담을 줄 것이다. 본 논문은 영주권자 노인들을 대상으로 분석한 것이지만, 주거형태를 비롯한 일반적인 특성을 비교해 보면 영주권자, 귀화 시민권자, 그리고 미국태생 노인들은 다른 성격의 집단들임을 보여주고 있다. 종래의 소수민족 노인들에 관한 연구들이 이민자 노인들을 영주권자와 귀화 시민권자의 구분없이 하나의 집단으로 간주하고 분석해 왔던 것을 볼 때, 앞으로의 연구는 이론적으로나 방법론적으로 시민권의 유무가 주거형태에 끼치는 영향도 함께 고려해야 할 것이다.

• 한국노년학
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.945-962
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• 2018

본 연구는 회복탄력성이 노인의 정신건강에 미치는 영향에 대해 살펴봄으로써 고령사회 속 노인들의 삶의 질 향상을 위한 방안을 마련하는데 기초자료를 제공하는 것이 목적이다. 본 연구에서는 설문에 참여한 춘천지역 65세 이상 노인 2,004명이 분석에 포함되었으며, 정신건강의 부정적 측면으로 우울을, 긍정적 측면으로 정신적 웰빙을 선별하여 회복탄력성과 정신건강의 관계를 보다 통합적으로 살펴보았다. 회복탄력성과 우울의 관계는 로지스틱 회귀분석으로, 회복탄력성과 정신적 웰빙의 관계는 다중회귀분석을 통해 살펴보았다. 연구결과, 첫째, 노인의 회복탄력성은 우울과 유의미한 부적 관계를 보였다. 둘째, 노인의 회복탄력성은 정신적 웰빙과 유의미한 정적 관계를 보였다. 이상의 결과를 통해 회복탄력성이 노인 정신건강의 보호요인으로 작용함과 이를 활용하여 노인의 삶의 질 개선을 위한 효과적인 방안을 구축할 수 있는 가능성을 확인하였다.