서울시 2030 직장인 1인 가구의 주거만족도와 주거환경요인 인과관계에 관한 연구

A Study on the Causal Relationship of Housing Satisfaction by Residential Environment Factors of Young Professional Single Person Households in Seoul

This study was conducted under the belief that there is a need to understand the overall residential satisfaction of the young professional single person households in Seoul and a casual relationship among the detailed sub-factors of the housing satisfaction. Therefore, the study aims to address major influence factors to the young single residents’ residential satisfactions and to provide a basis for recommending potential implications for housing environment of Seoul’s changing population. For analysis, quantitative survey was conducted for the research by using the purposive quota sampling method, and finally obtained 160 raw data. As for analysis method, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and Structural Equatation Modeling analysis were used. The main findings are as follows. First, the ‘interior architectural characteristics’ is the major influence factor to the young single dwellers’ overall residential satisfaction more than other factors such as residential location and economic aspects. Second, in terms of residential economic satisfaction, interior architectural and environmental characteristics are major influential factors to mentally relieve the burden of housing cost. Third, the characteristics of residential building, housing location and interior environment have meaningful impact on the targeted single residents’ social relationship satisfaction. It means that an appropriate residential location, good qualities of housing ventilation and light condition, and a residential building with safe and convenient facilities have positive influences on their social relationship with neighbourhoods and local communities. In conclusion, based on the characteristics of residential satisfactions, supplying housing with good quality of interior environmental and architectural conditions is the first priority in enhancing the overall housing satisfaction of the young professional single dwellers in Seoul. Also it could compensate for the reduction in housing satisfaction due to the residential economic burden and boosts the local community revitalization.