• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.11-21
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• 2003

The purpose of this study was to investigate the variables related to the propensity of the residential mobility among the Rental Apartment Residents in Gwangju. A total of 303 housewives living in the rental apartment in Gwangju completed a structured questionnaire during Aug. 19-30, 2000. The major findings were as follows. 1. The Rental Apartment Residents were more likely to move rather that to stay. 2. The level of the general housing satisfaction was not high(2.92). 3. The significant variables that influenced on the propensity of the residential mobility were size of the house, satisfaction of the management services, duration of the residence, age of the housewives and general housing satisfaction. In future research, the variables related the housing satisfaction have to be sought respectively and the index of the housing satisfaction and the propensity of the residential mobility have to be made.