고령가구의 주택유형: 아파트에 계속 거주할 것인가?

Abstract

The main aim of this study is to empirically investigate housing types of elderly households, which are expected to increase significantly due to rapid population aging in the housing market. While previous studies mainly focus on the future plans or preferences of elderly households on housing types, this study examines the factors which might influence on the selection of housing types. For the empirical analysis, we use frequency analysis on retention rate of apartments, the non-apartment retention rate and the total apartment occupancy rate over 20 years and logit model. The results of apartment retention rate analysis suggest that elderly households have no preference for a specific housing type, compared to other age groups. We use logit model to examine characteristics that influence on the selection of current housing type (apartment). The results show that the age of the householder, job, the change in the residential size, and the housing occupancy type are significantly associated with the current housing type(apartment). In particular, the results show that the elderly households tend to reduce their housing size to live in apartments, implying that the elderly households also prefer apartments to other housing types. However, it turns out that even if there is a preference for housing type, home ownership can act as an obstacle of actual occupancy. Health factors and regional factors are significant only in elderly households whose existing housing type is an apartment. As a results, incipient deterioration in health is a factor that makes elderly households who lived in apartments continue to live in apartments. Overall, the results suggest that the selection of elderly households’ housing type is not only influenced by the characteristics of old age. It shows that the actual housing type is determined by various factors such as job, residential size, location, and existing housing type.