고령가구의 건강과 주거특성이 주거이동에 미치는 영향

Impact of Health and Housing Characteristics on Residential Mobility Among Elderly Households

Older people's moving behavior, contrary to other lifecycle households, have an unique characteristics and understanding its structure and determinants is very helpful to devise housing policy and remedial action. The objective of this study is to find out the correlation between older people’s health, housing, and their subsequent moving or staying actions. Using alternative operating variables of key concepts and the Korea Welfare Panel Study 2018-2023 data sets, this study examines the effects of health and housing status on older people’s residential moves. The results reveal that: (1) higher rates of subsequent moves were observed among older adults with better self-rated health, chronic disease, and significant associations were found between chronic disease and moving; and (2) the correlation between older persons’ house ownership/type and their residential moves was significant and consistent over time, steady and lasting. The findings underscore the profound impact of housing type and ownership on moving and identify barriers to moving faced by older individuals, including health constraints.