| Abstract |
| This study was carried out to look for the characteristics of lifestyle of the pre-elderly to suggest elderly-friendly housing designs for enhancement of the homeowner`s quality of life. The literature review and web survey were used for this study. The survey was conducted by taking 400 people with the age of fifty and sixty. The results of this study were as follows: The first, their lifestyle was divided into six types according to physical, economic and social state of the surveyed people. The second, type 1 of the lowest physical, economic and social states had the highest rate, and type 5 of the highest those states had the second highest rate in six types. The third, type 1 was distributed throughout women, people with educational level of less than college graduates, computer-illiterate, people with a monthly income of less than 2 million won, and people living in multi-family housing of less than 30 pyung. The forth, type 5 was mainly found in group of men, people with more than bachelor`s degrees, computer-literate, people with a monthly income of more than 2 million won, and people living in one`s own apartment of more than 30 pyung. The fifth, there were differences in lifestyle according to gender, education, computer skills, income, house type, size, and ownership. Finally, as a result of survey on the lifestyles of pre-elderly with the age of fifty and sixty, the elderly-friendly housing designs should be adequately developed by considering the various types of their lifestyles. |
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| Key Words |
| 라이프스타일, 주거디자인, 예비노인층, Lifestyle, Housing Design, Pre-Elderly |
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