The Effect of Community and Housing Satisfaction on AIP Intention of the Elderly

The purpose of this study is to investigate the AIP intention of the elderly when maintaining health or when having limited mobility, and to understand how their housing and community satisfaction affect AIP intention. For this purpose, we analyzed the data of 9,920 aged 65 and older from the 2020 Survey of the Elderly. The main results of the analysis are as follows. ① The average housing satisfaction was 3.81 points, and there were significant differences according to all socio-demographic characteristics. ② The average of the seven community satisfaction questions was 3.77 points, and there were significant differences satisfaction according to all socio-demographic characteristics. ③ The AIP intention when maintaining health was 84.8%, and there were significant differences according to socio-demographic characteristics excluding gender. ④ AIP intention when having limited mobility was 56.0%, and there were significant differences according to all socio-demographic characteristics. ⑤ Age, education level, household income, housing type, housing satisfaction, facility environment satisfaction, public transportation satisfaction, satisfaction with distance from children and relatives, and overall environment satisfaction had a significant effect on AIP intention when maintaining health. Gender, age, education level, subjective health status, housing satisfaction, safety satisfaction, and satisfaction with interaction between neighbors were found to have a significant effect on AIP intention when having limited mobility. Based on the above results, suggestions for supporting AIP and for follow-up research were presented.